Chicago Cubs @ Tampa Bay Rays

6-6, 3-3 Away

Final

5-7, 1-2 Home

hitters	H-AB	R	HR	RBI	AVG
N. Hoerner2B	3-5	2	1	2	.333
M. Busch1B	0-4	0	0	0	.140
A. Bregman3B	0-3	0	0	0	.188
P. Crow-ArmstrongCF	0-4	0	0	0	.234
C. KellyC	2-4	1	0	0	.281
M. BallesterosDH	1-3	1	0	0	.222
D. SwansonSS	0-3	1	0	0	.150
M. ConfortoLF	1-4	1	0	2	.250
M. ShawRF	1-3	0	0	0	.257

pitchers	IP	H	ER	BB	K	PC-ST	ERA
C. Rea	5.0	2	1	2	2	79-51	3.18
H. Milner	1.0	0	0	0	1	10-6	2.45
B. Brown	2.0	2	1	0	3	31-21	4.22
H. Harvey	1.0	1	0	0	1	16-13	6.75

According to ESPN Analytics

CHC

Hits

Home Runs

Total Bases

Runners LOB

Tropicana Field

6:40 PM, April 8, 2026Coverage: MLB.TV

St. Petersburg, Florida

Attendance: 20,483

Game Time:2:29

Umpires:
Home Plate Umpire - Chad Whitson
First Base Umpire - Bill Miller
Second Base Umpire - Brian Walsh
Third Base Umpire - Chad Fairchild

Nico Hoerner powers the Cubs to a 6-2 victory over the error-prone Rays at Tropicana Field

— Nico Hoerner hit a leadoff homer and then delivered an RBI double during a five-run fifth inning as the Chicago Cubs beat the sloppy Tampa Bay Rays 6-2 on Wednesday night at Tropicana Field.

Apr 8, 2026, 09:52 pm - AP


CHC
TB

1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
1	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	6	8	0
0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	5	3

C. Rea1-0

5.0 IP, 2 H, 1 ER, 2 K, 2 BB

J. Boyle0-1

4.1 IP, 4 H, 5 ER, 3 K, 3 BB

Scoring Summary

		CHC	TB
1st	Hoerner homered to left (369 feet).	1	0
3rd	Aranda hit sacrifice fly to left, DeLuca scored.	1	1
5th	Conforto doubled to right, Kelly scored, Swanson scored on throwing error by right fielder Fraley and Ballesteros scored, Conforto safe at third on throwing error by first baseman Aranda.	4	1
5th	Hoerner doubled to right, Conforto scored.	5	1
5th	Hoerner scored on error, Busch safe at first on throwing error by catcher Feduccia, Busch safe at second on error.	6	1
8th	Fraley singled to left, Aranda scored, Fraley to second.	6	2

Data is currently unavailable.

Game Odds
Odds by

OpenMLTotalRL

Chicago CubsCubsCHC

(6-6)

(6-6, 3-3 Away)

(6-6)

Colin Rea

(7-7, 4.85)

-115

(5-7)

(5-7, 1-2 Home)

(5-7)

Joe Boyle

(0-1, 5.17)

-105

Cubs
4
Rays
6

Game 1

4/6

Cubs
9
Rays
2

Game 2

4/7

Cubs
6
Rays
2

Game 3

4/8

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Milwaukee	64	39	.621	-	L1
Chicago	58	45	.563	6	W1
Pittsburgh	53	51	.510	11.5	L2
St. Louis	52	51	.505	12	L2
Cincinnati	48	54	.471	15.5	W3

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Tampa Bay	60	43	.583	-	W1
New York	58	45	.563	2	W2
Boston	53	49	.520	6.5	W1
Baltimore	50	54	.481	10.5	L1
Toronto	47	57	.452	13.5	L1

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Chicago Cubs @ Tampa Bay Rays

Nico Hoerner powers the Cubs to a 6-2 victory over the error-prone Rays at Tropicana Field

C. Rea1-0

J. Boyle0-1

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