Chicago Cubs
6 - 6 .500
F
April 08, 2026, 6:40 PM
Tropicana Field
Tropicana Field
One Tropicana Drive, St. Petersburg, FL, 33705
2
Tampa Bay Rays
5 - 7 .417| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CHI | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 0 |
| TAM | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 3 |
W: Colin Rea
(W, 1-0)
5.0 IP, ER, 2 K, 2 BB
L: Joe Boyle
(L, 0-1)
4.1 IP, 5 ER, 3 K, 3 BB
Top Performers
Hoerner
3-5 | HR, 2B, 2 RBI
Scholtens
4.2 IP, 0 ER, 4 K, BB
Rea
(W, 1-0)
5.0 IP, ER, 2 K, 2 BB
Chicago Cubs Batting
| # | Player | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | 2B | 3B | SB | BB | K | AVG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nico Hoerner 2B | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .333 |
| 2 | Michael Busch 1B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .140 |
| 3 | Alex Bregman 3B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .188 |
| 4 | Pete Crow-Armstrong CF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .234 |
| 5 | Carson Kelly C | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .281 |
| 6 | Moisés Ballesteros DH | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .222 |
| 7 | Dansby Swanson SS | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .150 |
| 8 | Michael Conforto LF | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .250 |
| 9 | Matt Shaw RF | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .257 |
| Totals | 33 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 7 | .223 |
BATTING
2B Kelly, C (2, Boyle) Conforto (1, Boyle) Hoerner (6, Boyle).
HR Hoerner (1, 1st inning off Boyle, 0 on, 0 out).
TB Ballesteros Conforto 2 Hoerner 7 Kelly, C 3 Shaw.
RBI Conforto 2 (3) Hoerner 2 (9).
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out Hoerner Crow-Armstrong.
GIDP Busch Crow-Armstrong.
Team RISP 2-for-7.
Team LOB 4.
BASERUNNING
CS Shaw (1, 2nd base by Boyle/Feduccia).
Chicago Cubs Pitching
| Player | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | PC | S | B | ERA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Colin Rea(W, 1-0) | 5.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 79 | 51 | 28 | 3.18 |
| Hoby Milner | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 2.45 |
| Ben Brown | 2.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 31 | 21 | 10 | 4.22 |
| Hunter Harvey | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 13 | 3 | 6.75 |
| Totals | 9.0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 136 | 91 | 45 | 3.43 |
Pitching/Game Notes:
WP Brown, Be.
HBP Díaz, Y (by Rea).
ABS Challenge Williamson (Strike-Overturned to Ball) Feduccia (Ball-Confirmed) Kelly, C (Ball-Overturned to Strike) Bregman (Strike-Overturned to Ball).
Pitches-strikes Rea 79-51 Milner 10-6 Brown, Be 31-21 Harvey, H 16-13 Boyle 84-46 Scholtens 61-40.
Groundouts-flyouts Rea 7-3 Milner 1-1 Brown, Be 2-1 Harvey, H 1-0 Boyle 4-2 Scholtens 3-3.
Batters faced Rea 20 Milner 3 Brown, Be 8 Harvey, H 3 Boyle 20 Scholtens 17.
Inherited runners-scored Scholtens 1-0.
Umpires HP: Chad Whitson. 1B: Bill Miller. 2B: Brian Walsh. 3B: Chad Fairchild.
Weather 72 degrees, Dome.
Wind 0 mph, None.
First pitch 6:40 PM.
T 2:29.
Att 20,483.
Venue Tropicana Field.
April 8, 2026