Chicago Cubs @ Tampa Bay Rays — Apr 7, 2026

MLB Tropicana Field, St. Petersburg·April 7, 2026
Chicago Cubs CHC 5-6, 2-3 Away
9
Final
2
Tampa Bay Rays TB 5-6, 1-1 Home
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 T
CHC 0 2 2 0 0 1 1 1 2 9
TB 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2
Umpires HP Chad Fairchild 1B Chad Whitson 2B Bill Miller 3B Brian Walsh
Leaders
Hits
A.
A. Bregman 3B CHC
3 H
J.
J. Aranda 1B TB
2 H
Home Runs
P.
P. Crow-Armstrong CF CHC
1 HR
RBI
M.
M. Ballesteros DH CHC
3 RBI
J.
J. Aranda 1B TB
1 RBI
Batting
Cubs
Rays
AB — At Bats · R — Runs · H — Hits · RBI — Runs Batted In · HR — Home Runs · BB — Walks · SO — Strikeouts · LOB — Left on Base
Pitching
Cubs
Rays
IP — Innings Pitched · H — Hits Allowed · R — Runs · ER — Earned Runs · BB — Walks · K — Strikeouts · HR — Home Runs Allowed · PC-ST — Pitches-Strikes
Play-by-Play
Top 9th 2 - 0 9 - 2
HR RBI 2 Moisés Ballesteros Moisés Ballesteros homers to right field. Pete Crow-Armstrong scores.
9 - 2
Bot 8th 0 - 2 7 - 2
7 - 2
Ryan Vilade Ryan Vilade singles to shallow infield. Jonathan Aranda to third. Yandy Díaz scores. RBI
7 - 1
Jonathan Aranda Jonathan Aranda doubles to deep right center field. Yandy Díaz to third. Richie Palacios scores. 2B RBI
Top 8th 1 - 0 7 - 0
RBI Nico Hoerner Nico Hoerner singles to left field. Michael Conforto to second. Dansby Swanson scores.
7 - 0
Top 7th 1 - 0 6 - 0
HR RBI Pete Crow-Armstrong Pete Crow-Armstrong homers to right field.
6 - 0
Top 6th 1 - 0 5 - 0
RBI Nico Hoerner Nico Hoerner hits into a force out to shallow infield. Matt Shaw out at second. Michael Conforto to third. Moisés Ballesteros scores.
5 - 0
Top 3rd 2 - 0 4 - 0
RBI Moisés Ballesteros Moisés Ballesteros out on a sacrifice fly to center field to Cedric Mullins. Pete Crow-Armstrong scores.
4 - 0
RBI Miguel Amaya Miguel Amaya grounds out to shallow infield, Taylor Walls to Jonathan Aranda.
3 - 0
Top 2nd 2 - 0 2 - 0
2B RBI Matt Shaw Matt Shaw doubles to deep left field. Michael Conforto scores.
2 - 0
RBI Michael Conforto Michael Conforto singles to deep right field. Dansby Swanson scores.
1 - 0
Score Lines
Lead Tracker
Lead Changes: 0 Biggest Lead: CHC +7 Times Tied: 0
Team Statistics
Cubs
Rays
Batting
16 Hits 6
9 Runs 2
2 Home Runs 0
8 RBI 2
5 Strikeouts 5
3 Walks 3
3 Doubles 1
0 Triples 0
19 Left on Base 18
Pitching
2 Runs Allowed 9
2 Earned Runs 8
6 Hits Allowed 16
5 Strikeouts 5
3 Walks 3
0 HR Allowed 2
36 Batters Faced 45
Fielding
27 Put Outs 27
11 Assists 5
Head-to-Head
Rays leads 1-0
Final
Cubs
4
Rays
6
Highlights
Cubs 9 - 2 Rays
April 7, 2026
Tropicana Field
St. Petersburg, US · 25,000 capacity
League
MLB
Season
MLB 2026
Date
April 7, 2026
Time
10:40 pm