The New York Yankees beat the Chicago Cubs 2-1 on Aug 2, 2026 at Wrigley Field.
Final · Wrigley Field
Top performers
- Jose Caballero went 2-for-3 with 1 home run and 2 RBI for the Yankees.
- Gerrit Cole pitched 5.2 innings for the Yankees, allowing 1 earned run with 5 strikeouts.
- Michael Busch went 1-for-3 with 1 RBI for the Cubs.
- Colin Rea pitched 6.0 innings for the Cubs, allowing 2 earned runs with 7 strikeouts.
New York Yankees 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trent Grisham | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Jazz Chisholm Jr. | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Ryan McMahon | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Ben Rice | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Jasson Dominguez | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Spencer Jones | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Amed Rosario | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Jose Caballero | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Paul Goldschmidt | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Austin Wells | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 33 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gerrit Cole | 5.2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 0 |
| David Bednar | 1.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Brent Headrick | 1.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Paul Blackburn | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 9.0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nico Hoerner | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dansby Swanson | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Alex Bregman | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Seiya Suzuki | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Miguel Amaya | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Ian Happ | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Michael Busch | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Pedro Ramirez | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Michael Conforto | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Pete Crow-Armstrong | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Team | 30 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 10 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Colin Rea | 6.0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 1 |
| Ryan Rolison | 1.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Aaron Civale | 1.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 9.0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 1 |
Before and after
- Yankees · 2026 season · Previous Aug 1, 2026: NYY 2, CHC 5 · Next Aug 3, 2026: STL 13, NYY 7
- Cubs · 2026 season · Previous Aug 1, 2026: NYY 2, CHC 5 · Next Aug 3, 2026: LAD 5, CHC 10