Chicago Cubs 9, Tampa Bay Rays 2 — April 7, 2026

Scoring summary

INN	BATTER	PLAY	SCORE
T2	Michael Conforto	Michael Conforto singles on a sharp line drive to right fielder Jake Fraley. Dansby Swanson scores.	CHC 1, TB 0
T2	Matt Shaw	Matt Shaw doubles (1) on a line drive to left fielder Chandler Simpson. Michael Conforto scores.	CHC 2, TB 0
T3	Miguel Amaya	Miguel Amaya grounds out, shortstop Taylor Walls to first baseman Jonathan Aranda.	CHC 3, TB 0
T3	Moisés Ballesteros	Moisés Ballesteros out on a sacrifice fly to center fielder Cedric Mullins. Pete Crow-Armstrong scores.	CHC 4, TB 0
T6	Nico Hoerner	Nico Hoerner grounds into a force out, pitcher Cole Sulser to shortstop Taylor Walls to second baseman Richie Palacios. Moisés Ballesteros scores. Michael Conforto to 3rd. Matt Shaw out at 2nd. Nico Hoerner to 1st.	CHC 5, TB 0
T7	Pete Crow-Armstrong	Pete Crow-Armstrong homers (1) on a fly ball to right field.	CHC 6, TB 0
T8	Nico Hoerner	Nico Hoerner singles on a line drive to left fielder Chandler Simpson. Dansby Swanson scores. Michael Conforto to 2nd.	CHC 7, TB 0
B8	Jonathan Aranda	Jonathan Aranda doubles (3) on a sharp fly ball to center fielder Pete Crow-Armstrong. Richie Palacios scores. Yandy Díaz to 3rd.	CHC 7, TB 1
B8	Ryan Vilade	Ryan Vilade singles on a line drive to pitcher Phil Maton. Yandy Díaz scores. Jonathan Aranda to 3rd.	CHC 7, TB 2
T9	Moisés Ballesteros	Moisés Ballesteros homers (1) on a line drive to right field. Pete Crow-Armstrong scores.	CHC 9, TB 2

Box score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R
CHC	0	2	2	0	0	1	1	1	2	9
TB	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2

Pitching & bullpen

How the game was pitched — the starters, the bullpen sequence and each arm's role, and the pitch counts behind them.

Cubs AWAY 9

Javier Assad started for Cubs, leaving with a 5–0 lead. Out of the bullpen, Phil Maton took the roughest line.

workload · innings pitched

Pitcher IP P R K

Javier Assad Starter 5.2 80 0 3 W

Pitch-by-pitch: what Javier Assad threw

CSW 23% 1st-pitch strike 74% 4.2 pitches/PA

Pitch	#	%	Whiff	CS	Foul	Ball	In play
Sinker	33	41%	1	9	9	7	7
Changeup	14	18%	3	0	2	8	1
Cutter	14	18%	0	3	4	6	1
Four-Seam Fastball	9	11%	0	1	2	2	4
Curveball	6	8%	0	1	0	5	0
Sweeper	3	4%	0	0	0	2	1
Slider	1	1%	0	0	0	1	0

Hoby Milner Middle 1.1 17 0 0 inherited 1, stranded 1
Phil Maton Middle 0.2 26 2 1
Caleb Thielbar Middle 0.1 2 0 0 inherited 2, stranded 2
Jacob Webb Middle 1.0 14 0 1

Rays HOME 2

Mason Englert started for Rays, leaving trailing 0–4. Out of the bullpen, Yoendrys Gómez took the roughest line.

workload · innings pitched

Pitcher IP P R K

Mason Englert Starter 3.2 65 4 2 L

Pitch-by-pitch: what Mason Englert threw

CSW 23% 1st-pitch strike 74% 3.4 pitches/PA

Pitch	#	%	Whiff	CS	Foul	Ball	In play
Changeup	19	29%	4	2	3	4	6
Sinker	15	23%	0	3	5	4	3
Cutter	12	18%	0	2	2	4	4
Four-Seam Fastball	11	17%	1	1	4	4	1
Curveball	7	11%	0	2	3	1	1
Slider	1	2%	0	0	0	0	1

Cole Sulser Middle 2.1 37 1 2 inherited 1, stranded 1
Yoendrys Gómez Reliever 3.0 58 4 1

Where the game turned

1 run Top 2nd · off Englert

Conforto 1B (1)

Batting lines

AWAY · CHC

BATTER	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	NOTES
Nico Hoerner 2B	4	0	2	2	1	0	.297	.438	.432	.870	SB
Michael Busch 1B	5	0	0	0	0	1	.154	.277	.205	.482
Alex Bregman 3B	5	1	3	0	0	0	.200	.280	.356	.636	2B
Pete Crow-Armstrong CF	5	3	3	1	0	0	.256	.289	.349	.638	HR (1), SB
Miguel Amaya C	5	0	0	0	0	1	.294	.400	.529	.929
Moisés Ballesteros DH	4	2	2	3	0	0	.208	.259	.333	.592	HR (1)
Dansby Swanson SS	5	2	2	0	0	1	.162	.273	.270	.543	2B, SB
Michael Conforto LF	3	1	2	1	2	0	.250	.438	.250	.688
Matt Shaw RF	5	0	2	1	0	2	.250	.265	.469	.734	2B

HOME · TB

BATTER	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	NOTES
Yandy Díaz DH	3	1	0	0	0	0	.386	.471	.591	1.062
Jonathan Aranda 1B	4	0	2	1	0	0	.244	.327	.511	.838	2B
Ryan Vilade RF	2	0	1	1	0	0	.100	.182	.100	.282
Junior Caminero 3B	3	0	0	0	1	2	.238	.360	.405	.765
Chandler Simpson LF	4	0	2	0	0	0	.405	.444	.452	.896
Cedric Mullins CF	3	0	0	0	1	1	.122	.159	.220	.379
Nick Fortes C	4	0	0	0	0	0	.303	.343	.485	.828
Richie Palacios 2B	3	1	1	0	1	1	.250	.455	.438	.893
Taylor Walls SS	4	0	0	0	0	1	.143	.143	.286	.429
Jake Fraley RF	2	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.286	.320	.606

Pitching lines

AWAY · CHC

PITCHER	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	NP	ERA	DEC
Javier Assad	5.2	1	0	0	2	3	80	0.00	W
Hoby Milner	1.1	2	0	0	0	0	17	2.84
Phil Maton	0.2	3	2	2	0	1	26	13.50
Caleb Thielbar	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.00
Jacob Webb	1.0	0	0	0	1	1	14	5.79

HOME · TB

PITCHER	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	NP	ERA	DEC
Mason Englert	3.2	7	4	3	1	2	0	65	9.45	L
Cole Sulser	2.1	3	1	1	1	2	0	37	4.70
Yoendrys Gómez	3.0	6	4	4	1	1	2	58	6.23

Manager comparison

AWAY · CHC

Craig Counsell

Lineup 2.6 R Bunts 0.5 R IBBs 0.6 R

HOME · TB

Kevin Cash

Lineup 1.3 R Bunts 2.5 R IBBs 2.8 R

Recent form

AWAY · CHC

6-3 ?1 +23 run diff

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HOME · TB

4-6 W1 -2 run diff

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How RunsLeft analyzes games

Standard content on this page comes from the MLB Stats API. The pitching analysis describes how the game was pitched — the starter's line, the bullpen sequence and each arm's role (opener, bulk, setup, closer), pitch counts as a fatigue signal, and the leverage context where the game turned. Reliever roles are inferred from how the manager used each arm up to that date. It describes structure and constraints; it does not grade the manager.

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