The Athletics beat the Chicago Cubs 2-1 on Jun 2, 2026 at Wrigley Field.
Final · Wrigley Field
Top performers
- Nick Kurtz went 1-for-3 with 1 home run and 1 RBI for the Athletics.
- Gage Jump pitched 7.0 innings for the Athletics, allowing 1 earned run with 5 strikeouts.
- Jameson Taillon pitched 6.1 innings for the Cubs, allowing 2 earned runs with 6 strikeouts.
Athletics 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jeff McNeil | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Shea Langeliers | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brent Rooker | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Tyler Soderstrom | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Henry Bolte | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Nick Kurtz | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Zack Gelof | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Darell Hernaiz | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Carlos Cortes | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Colby Thomas | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Team | 33 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 8 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gage Jump | 7.0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
| Justin Sterner | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Scott Barlow | 0.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Hogan Harris | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 9.0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 0 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alex Bregman | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Pete Crow-Armstrong | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Seiya Suzuki | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Carson Kelly | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ian Happ | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Michael Busch | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nico Hoerner | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Dansby Swanson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Michael Conforto | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Moises Ballesteros | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 27 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
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 | 6.1 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 1 |
| Hoby Milner | 1.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Daniel Palencia | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 9.0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 1 |
Before and after
- Athletics · 2026 season · Previous May 31, 2026: NYY 13, ATH 8 · Next Jun 3, 2026: ATH 5, CHC 4
- Cubs · 2026 season · Previous May 31, 2026: CHC 1, STL 5 · Next Jun 3, 2026: ATH 5, CHC 4