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May 2, 2026 · NL Cent

Arizona Diamondbacks vs Chicago Cubs

May 2, 2026Wrigley FieldPartly Cloudy 50°F · 5 mph, In From CF
AWAY
Arizona Diamondbacks
16-16
0
vs
HOME
Chicago Cubs
21-12
2

Scoring summary

INN BATTER PLAY SCORE
B2 Ian Happ Ian Happ homers (8) on a fly ball to right field. AZ 0, CHC 1
B8 Seiya Suzuki Seiya Suzuki out on a sacrifice fly to left fielder Lourdes Gurriel Jr. Ian Happ scores. AZ 0, CHC 2

Box score

  123456789 R
AZ 000000000 0
CHC 010000010 2

Pitching & bullpen

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

Diamondbacks AWAY 0

Ryne Nelson started for Diamondbacks, leaving trailing 0–1. Out of the bullpen, Juan Morillo took the roughest line.

workload · innings pitched
  • Ryne Nelson Starter 5.2 84 1 4 L
    Pitch-by-pitch: what Ryne Nelson threw
    CSW 27% 1st-pitch strike 50% 3.8 pitches/PA
    Pitch#%WhiffCSFoulBallIn play
    Four-Seam Fastball 50 60% 6 8 11 13 12
    Sinker 18 21% 0 4 3 8 3
    Slider 9 11% 1 2 2 3 1
    Cutter 5 6% 0 2 1 2 0
    Curveball 2 2% 0 0 0 1 1
  • Kevin Ginkel Middle 0.1 12 0 0 inherited 1, stranded 1
  • Taylor Clarke Setup 0.2 18 0 1
  • Juan Morillo Setup 1.0 19 1 2 inherited 1, stranded 1
  • Jonathan Loáisiga Middle 0.1 3 0 0
Cubs HOME 2

Shota Imanaga started for Cubs, leaving with a 1–0 lead.

workload · innings pitched
  • Shota Imanaga Starter 7.0 87 0 5 W
    Pitch-by-pitch: what Shota Imanaga threw
    CSW 29% 1st-pitch strike 38% 3.3 pitches/PA
    Pitch#%WhiffCSFoulBallIn play
    Splitter 40 46% 11 2 5 13 9
    Four-Seam Fastball 32 37% 1 8 3 13 7
    Sinker 8 9% 0 0 2 4 2
    Sweeper 6 7% 1 2 1 0 2
    Curveball 1 1% 0 0 0 1 0
  • Ben Brown Reliever 2.0 24 0 1 SV

Where the game turned

1 run Bottom 2nd · off Nelson
  • Happ HR (1)

Batting lines

AWAY · AZ
BATTER ABRHRBIBBK AVGOBPSLGOPS NOTES
Ketel Marte 2B 4 0 0 0 0 2 .223 .282 .372 .654
Geraldo Perdomo SS 4 0 1 0 0 0 .245 .356 .398 .754
Corbin Carroll RF 4 0 1 0 0 0 .280 .376 .533 .909
Ildemaro Vargas 1B 4 0 0 0 0 0 .388 .412 .673 1.085
Lourdes Gurriel Jr. LF 4 0 1 0 0 1 .200 .238 .250 .488 2B
Nolan Arenado DH 3 0 1 0 0 1 .276 .313 .438 .751
Jose Fernandez 3B 2 0 0 0 1 1 .315 .344 .449 .793
James McCann C 3 0 0 0 0 1 .180 .196 .240 .436
Jorge Barrosa CF 3 0 0 0 0 0 .209 .254 .418 .672
HOME · CHC
BATTER ABRHRBIBBK AVGOBPSLGOPS NOTES
Michael Busch 1B 3 0 1 0 1 1 .207 .307 .306 .613 2B
Moisés Ballesteros DH 4 0 0 0 0 1 .308 .368 .564 .932
Alex Bregman 3B 4 0 0 0 0 2 .250 .338 .364 .702
Ian Happ LF 3 2 3 1 1 0 .246 .373 .517 .890 HR (8), 2B, 3B
Seiya Suzuki RF 3 0 0 1 0 0 .301 .402 .521 .923
Pete Crow-Armstrong CF 3 0 0 0 1 1 .236 .304 .350 .654
Dansby Swanson SS 3 0 1 0 0 0 .219 .341 .429 .770
Matt Shaw 2B 3 0 0 0 0 1 .278 .318 .468 .786
Miguel Amaya C 2 0 0 0 1 1 .231 .355 .365 .720

Pitching lines

AWAY · AZ
PITCHER IPHRERBBKHR NPERA DEC
Ryne Nelson 5.2 4 1 1 2 4 1 84 6.61 L
Kevin Ginkel 0.1 0 0 0 1 0 0 12 3.60
Taylor Clarke 0.2 0 0 0 1 1 0 18 2.76
Juan Morillo 1.0 1 1 1 0 2 0 19 2.30
Jonathan Loáisiga 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3.68
HOME · CHC
PITCHER IPHRERBBKHR NPERA DEC
Shota Imanaga 7.0 4 0 0 1 5 0 87 2.40 W
Ben Brown 2.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 24 1.82 SV

Manager comparison

AWAY · AZ
Torey Lovullo
Torey Lovullo
Lineup 3.0 R Bunts 2.9 R IBBs 1.8 R
HOME · CHC
Craig Counsell
Craig Counsell
Lineup 2.6 R Bunts 0.5 R IBBs 0.6 R

Recent form

AWAY · AZ
5-5 L3 -2 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.

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