Chicago Cubs
5 - 6 .455
F
April 07, 2026, 6:40 PM
Tropicana Field
Tropicana Field
One Tropicana Drive, St. Petersburg, FL, 33705
2
Tampa Bay Rays
5 - 6 .455| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CHI | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 16 | 0 |
| TAM | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 1 |
W: Javier Assad
(W, 1-0)
5.2 IP, 0 ER, 3 K, 2 BB
L: Mason Englert
(L, 0-1)
3.2 IP, 3 ER, 2 K, BB
Top Performers
Assad
(W, 1-0)
5.2 IP, 0 ER, 3 K, 2 BB
Crow-Armstrong
3-5 | HR, RBI, 3 R
Ballesteros
2-4 | HR, 3 RBI, 2 R
Chicago Cubs Batting
| # | Player | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | 2B | 3B | SB | BB | K | AVG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nico Hoerner 2B | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .297 |
| 2 | Michael Busch 1B | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .154 |
| 3 | Alex Bregman 3B | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .200 |
| 4 | Pete Crow-Armstrong CF | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .256 |
| 5 | Miguel Amaya C | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .294 |
| 6 | Moisés Ballesteros DH | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .208 |
| 7 | Dansby Swanson SS | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .162 |
| 8 | Michael Conforto LF | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .250 |
| 9 | Matt Shaw RF | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .250 |
| Totals | 41 | 9 | 16 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | .221 |
BATTING
2B Swanson (1, Englert) Shaw (1, Englert) Bregman (1, Englert).
HR Crow-Armstrong (1, 7th inning off Gómez, Y, 0 on, 1 out) Ballesteros (1, 9th inning off Gómez, Y, 1 on, 1 out).
TB Ballesteros 5 Bregman 4 Conforto 2 Crow-Armstrong 6 Hoerner 2 Shaw 3 Swanson 3.
RBI Ballesteros 3 (5) Conforto (1) Crow-Armstrong (4) Hoerner 2 (7) Shaw (6).
2-out RBI Conforto Shaw.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out Busch 3 Bregman.
SF Ballesteros.
Team RISP 5-for-13.
Team LOB 9.
BASERUNNING
SB Crow-Armstrong (4, 2nd base off Englert/Fortes) Hoerner (5, 2nd base off Sulser/Fortes) Swanson (1, 2nd base off Gómez, Y/Fortes).
CS Crow-Armstrong (1, 2nd base by Sulser/Fortes).
FIELDING
DP (Bregman-Busch).
Chicago Cubs Pitching
| Player | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | PC | S | B | ERA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Javier Assad(W, 1-0) | 5.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 80 | 49 | 31 | 0.00 |
| Hoby Milner | 1.1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 13 | 4 | 2.84 |
| Phil Maton | 0.2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 26 | 18 | 8 | 13.50 |
| Caleb Thielbar | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Jacob Webb | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 5.79 |
| Totals | 9.0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 139 | 89 | 50 | 3.56 |
Pitching/Game Notes:
WP Sulser Gómez, Y.
HBP Díaz, Y (by Maton, P).
ABS Challenge Ballesteros (Strike-Overturned to Ball) Hoerner (Strike-Overturned to Ball) Crow-Armstrong (Strike-Confirmed) Caminero (Strike-Overturned to Ball) Fortes 2 (Ball-Overturned to Strike, Ball-Confirmed).
Pitches-strikes Assad 80-49 Milner 17-13 Maton, P 26-18 Thielbar 2-2 Webb, J 14-7 Englert 65-48 Sulser 37-22 Gómez, Y 58-33.
Groundouts-flyouts Assad 7-4 Milner 2-1 Maton, P 0-1 Thielbar 1-0 Webb, J 1-0 Englert 1-7 Sulser 2-2 Gómez, Y 0-5.
Batters faced Assad 19 Milner 6 Maton, P 6 Thielbar 1 Webb, J 4 Englert 19 Sulser 10 Gómez, Y 16.
Inherited runners-scored Milner 1-0 Thielbar 2-0 Sulser 1-0.
Umpires HP: Chad Fairchild. 1B: Chad Whitson. 2B: Bill Miller. 3B: Brian Walsh.
Weather 69 degrees, Dome.
Wind 0 mph, None.
First pitch 6:40 PM.
T 2:47.
Att 21,377.
Venue Tropicana Field.
April 7, 2026