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April 22, 2026 · NL Cent

Philadelphia Phillies vs Chicago Cubs

April 22, 2026Wrigley FieldClear 56°F · 9 mph, In From CF
AWAY
Philadelphia Phillies
8-16
2
vs
HOME
Chicago Cubs
15-9
7

Scoring summary

INN BATTER PLAY SCORE
B1 Ian Happ Ian Happ grounds into a force out, second baseman Edmundo Sosa to shortstop Trea Turner. Nico Hoerner scores. Alex Bregman out at 2nd. Ian Happ to 1st. PHI 0, CHC 1
T2 Edmundo Sosa Edmundo Sosa doubles (3) on a line drive to left fielder Ian Happ. Felix Reyes scores. Alec Bohm to 3rd. PHI 1, CHC 1
T2 Justin Crawford Justin Crawford grounds out, second baseman Nico Hoerner to first baseman Michael Busch. Alec Bohm scores. Edmundo Sosa to 3rd. PHI 2, CHC 1
B2 Pete Crow-Armstrong Pete Crow-Armstrong doubles (3) on a sharp line drive to center fielder Justin Crawford. Miguel Amaya scores. PHI 2, CHC 2
B3 Ian Happ Ian Happ singles on a line drive to left fielder Kyle Schwarber. Alex Bregman scores. PHI 2, CHC 3
B3 Michael Busch Michael Busch homers (1) on a fly ball to left center field. PHI 2, CHC 4
B5 Seiya Suzuki Seiya Suzuki homers (2) on a fly ball to center field. Ian Happ scores. PHI 2, CHC 6
B8 Pete Crow-Armstrong Pete Crow-Armstrong singles on a fly ball to center fielder Justin Crawford. Moisés Ballesteros scores. PHI 2, CHC 7

Box score

  123456789 R
PHI 020000000 2
CHC 112020010 7

Pitching & bullpen

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

Phillies AWAY 2

Phillies opened with Kyle Backhus, then turned the bulk of the game over to Taijuan Walker. Out of the bullpen, Alan Rangel took the roughest line.

workload · innings pitched
  • Kyle Backhus Opener 1.0 15 1 1
    Pitch-by-pitch: what Kyle Backhus threw
    CSW 33% 1st-pitch strike 60% 3.0 pitches/PA
    Pitch#%WhiffCSFoulBallIn play
    Sinker 11 73% 0 2 3 2 4
    Sweeper 3 20% 0 2 0 1 0
    Changeup 1 7% 0 1 0 0 0
  • Taijuan Walker Bulk 4.0 64 5 1 L
  • Alan Rangel Reliever 3.0 44 1 5
Cubs HOME 7

Matthew Boyd started for Cubs, leaving with a 4–2 lead.

workload · innings pitched
  • Matthew Boyd Starter 4.2 84 2 5
    Pitch-by-pitch: what Matthew Boyd threw
    CSW 27% 1st-pitch strike 68% 4.4 pitches/PA
    Pitch#%WhiffCSFoulBallIn play
    Four-Seam Fastball 36 43% 2 5 10 10 9
    Changeup 25 30% 7 3 6 6 3
    Slider 14 17% 2 2 2 7 1
    Curveball 5 6% 0 1 1 3 0
    Sinker 4 5% 0 1 0 2 1
  • Ben Brown Reliever 2.1 37 0 5 W
  • Corbin Martin Reliever 1.0 12 0 0
  • Hoby Milner Middle 1.0 20 0 2

Where the game turned

1 run Bottom 3rd · off Walker
  • Happ 1B (1)

Batting lines

AWAY · PHI
BATTER ABRHRBIBBK AVGOBPSLGOPS NOTES
Kyle Schwarber LF 4 0 0 0 0 2 .207 .349 .529 .878
Trea Turner SS 4 0 1 0 0 1 .235 .292 .347 .639 2B
Bryce Harper DH 4 0 0 0 0 1 .261 .350 .511 .861
Felix Reyes 1B 4 1 1 0 0 1 .273 .273 .545 .818
Adolis García RF 4 0 1 0 0 2 .212 .299 .329 .628
Alec Bohm 3B 4 1 2 0 0 1 .146 .217 .195 .412
Bryson Stott 2B 2 0 0 0 0 1 .203 .261 .234 .495
Justin Crawford CF 4 0 1 1 0 1 .281 .370 .391 .761
Rafael Marchán C 4 0 1 0 0 2 .086 .111 .171 .282
Edmundo Sosa 2B 2 0 2 1 0 0 .265 .306 .441 .747 2B
HOME · CHC
BATTER ABRHRBIBBK AVGOBPSLGOPS NOTES
Nico Hoerner 2B 5 1 1 0 0 1 .320 .393 .515 .908
Alex Bregman 3B 5 1 3 0 0 0 .263 .339 .374 .713 3B
Ian Happ LF 4 1 1 2 0 1 .244 .363 .500 .863
Seiya Suzuki RF 4 1 2 2 0 1 .279 .404 .442 .846 HR (2)
Michael Busch 1B 4 1 2 1 0 1 .188 .278 .247 .525 HR (1)
Dansby Swanson SS 3 0 0 0 1 1 .179 .333 .385 .718
Moisés Ballesteros DH 4 1 1 0 0 0 .367 .418 .592 1.010 2B
Miguel Amaya C 4 1 0 0 0 1 .220 .333 .317 .650
Pete Crow-Armstrong CF 4 0 3 2 0 1 .247 .300 .333 .633 2B, SB

Pitching lines

AWAY · PHI
PITCHER IPHRERBBKHR NPERA DEC
Kyle Backhus 1.0 2 1 1 0 1 0 15 5.87
Taijuan Walker 4.0 8 5 4 1 1 2 64 9.13 L
Alan Rangel 3.0 3 1 1 0 5 0 44 3.00
HOME · CHC
PITCHER IPHRERBBKHR NPERA DEC
Matthew Boyd 4.2 5 2 2 0 5 0 84 5.79
Ben Brown 2.1 3 0 0 0 5 0 37 2.37 W
Corbin Martin 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 0.00
Hoby Milner 1.0 1 0 0 0 2 0 20 1.54

Manager comparison

AWAY · PHI
Rob Thomson
Lineup 1.1 R Bunts 0.4 R IBBs 0.1 R Interim
HOME · CHC
Craig Counsell
Lineup 2.6 R Bunts 0.5 R IBBs 0.6 R

Recent form

AWAY · PHI
5-5 L1 +7 run diff
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HOME · CHC
5-3 ?2 +17 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.

Read the full methodology.