The Chicago White Sox beat the Chicago Cubs 8-3 on May 16, 2026 at Rate Field.
Final · Rate Field
Top performers
- Pete Crow-Armstrong went 1-for-3 with 1 home run and 2 RBI for the Cubs.
- Jameson Taillon pitched 5.0 innings for the Cubs, allowing 8 earned runs with 2 strikeouts.
- Munetaka Murakami went 2-for-3 with 2 home runs and 3 RBI for the White Sox.
- Davis Martin pitched 6.0 innings for the White Sox, allowing 1 earned run with 7 strikeouts.
Chicago Cubs box score
Batting
| AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | HR: Home runs hit. | RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | SO: Times this batter struck out — lower is better. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nico Hoerner | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Miguel Amaya | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Seiya Suzuki | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Alex Bregman | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Ian Happ | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Michael Busch | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Matt Shaw | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Michael Conforto | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Pete Crow-Armstrong | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Team | 35 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 |
Pitching
| IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | ER: Earned runs allowed — runs that scored without help from an error. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | K: Batters this pitcher struck out. | HR: Home runs hit. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jameson Taillon | 5.0 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| Ethan Roberts | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| Ryan Rolison | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 8.0 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 5 |
Chicago White Sox box score
Batting
| AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | HR: Home runs hit. | RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | SO: Times this batter struck out — lower is better. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miguel Vargas | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Colson Montgomery | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Chase Meidroth | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sam Antonacci | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Andrew Benintendi | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Drew Romo | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Munetaka Murakami | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| Tristan Peters | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Randal Grichuk | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Team | 28 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 4 |
Pitching
| IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | ER: Earned runs allowed — runs that scored without help from an error. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | K: Batters this pitcher struck out. | HR: Home runs hit. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Davis Martin | 6.0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 |
| Trevor Richards | 2.0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Brandon Eisert | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 9.0 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 2 |
Before and after
- Cubs · 2026 season · Previous May 15, 2026: CHC 10, CHW 5 · Next May 17, 2026: CHC 8, CHW 9
- White Sox · 2026 season · Previous May 15, 2026: CHC 10, CHW 5 · Next May 17, 2026: CHC 8, CHW 9