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July 8, 2026 · AL East

Chicago Cubs vs Baltimore Orioles

July 8, 2026Oriole Park at Camden YardsPartly Cloudy 82°F · 6 mph, Out To LF
AWAY
Chicago Cubs
52-40
9
vs
HOME
Baltimore Orioles
42-51
7

Game Highlights

Published July 8, 2026 · Source: MLB

Scoring summary

INN BATTER PLAY SCORE
T3 Pete Crow-Armstrong Pete Crow-Armstrong homers (20) on a fly ball to right field. CHC 1, BAL 0
B3 Gunnar Henderson Gunnar Henderson grounds into a double play, shortstop Dansby Swanson to first baseman Michael Busch. Blaze Alexander scores. Jackson Holliday out at 2nd. Gunnar Henderson out at 1st. CHC 1, BAL 1
B4 Pete Alonso Pete Alonso homers (20) on a fly ball to center field. Taylor Ward scores. CHC 1, BAL 3
T5 Michael Conforto Michael Conforto homers (8) on a fly ball to right field. CHC 2, BAL 3
T5 Carson Kelly Carson Kelly homers (5) on a fly ball to left field. CHC 3, BAL 3
T5 Pete Crow-Armstrong Pete Crow-Armstrong homers (21) on a fly ball to right center field. CHC 4, BAL 3
T7 Alex Bregman Alex Bregman out on a sacrifice fly to right fielder Dylan Beavers. Carson Kelly scores. Dansby Swanson to 3rd. Pete Crow-Armstrong to 2nd. CHC 5, BAL 3
T7 Seiya Suzuki Seiya Suzuki homers (14) on a fly ball to left field. Pete Crow-Armstrong scores. Michael Busch scores. CHC 9, BAL 3
B7 Tyler O'Neill Tyler O'Neill homers (4) on a fly ball to left field. CHC 9, BAL 4
B7 Taylor Ward Taylor Ward singles on a line drive to left fielder Ian Happ. Gunnar Henderson scores. Adley Rutschman to 3rd. CHC 9, BAL 5
B8 Coby Mayo Coby Mayo homers (11) on a fly ball to left field. CHC 9, BAL 6
B8 Tyler O'Neill Tyler O'Neill homers (5) on a fly ball to left center field. CHC 9, BAL 7

Box score

  123456789 R
CHC 001030500 9
BAL 001200220 7

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

Colin Rea started for Cubs, leaving with a 4–3 lead. Out of the bullpen, Drew Pomeranz took the roughest line.

workload · innings pitched
  • Colin Rea Starter 5.1 91 3 2 W
    Pitch-by-pitch: what Colin Rea threw
    CSW 21% 1st-pitch strike 73% 4.1 pitches/PA
    Pitch#%WhiffCSFoulBallIn play
    Four-Seam Fastball 45 49% 1 10 11 16 7
    Changeup 16 18% 0 1 5 6 4
    Slider 11 12% 2 0 2 2 5
    Sweeper 11 12% 1 3 3 4 0
    Curveball 3 3% 0 1 0 2 0
    Sinker 3 3% 0 0 0 2 1
    Cutter 2 2% 0 0 0 1 1
  • Drew Pomeranz Setup 1.1 22 2 0 HLD
  • Trent Thornton Middle 0.1 6 0 0 inherited 2, 1 scored
  • Caleb Thielbar Setup 1.0 21 2 2
  • Jacob Webb Middle 1.0 9 0 0 SV
Orioles HOME 7

Dean Kremer started for Orioles, leaving trailing 3–4. Out of the bullpen, Grant Wolfram took the roughest line.

workload · innings pitched
  • Dean Kremer Starter 5.0 92 4 4 L
    Pitch-by-pitch: what Dean Kremer threw
    CSW 28% 1st-pitch strike 82% 4.2 pitches/PA
    Pitch#%WhiffCSFoulBallIn play
    Four-Seam Fastball 26 28% 1 6 5 8 6
    Splitter 22 24% 6 1 3 8 4
    Cutter 19 21% 2 2 4 9 2
    Curveball 13 14% 3 2 0 6 2
    Sinker 12 13% 1 2 1 6 2
  • Rico Garcia Setup 1.1 25 2 1
  • Grant Wolfram Setup 0.2 25 3 0 inherited 2, all 2 scored
  • Albert Suárez Middle 1.0 14 0 0
  • Tyler Wells Middle 1.0 11 0 1

Where the game turned

1 run Top 5th · off Kremer
  • Crow-Armstrong HR (1)

Batting lines

AWAY · CHC
BATTER ABRHRBIBBK AVGOBPSLGOPS NOTES
Pete Crow-Armstrong CF 4 3 2 2 1 2 .296 .386 .542 .928 2 HR (20, 21)
Alex Bregman 3B 4 0 0 1 0 0 .240 .337 .345 .682
Michael Busch 1B 4 1 1 0 1 0 .233 .368 .387 .755
Seiya Suzuki DH 4 1 1 3 0 0 .260 .342 .449 .791 HR (14)
Ian Happ LF 4 0 1 0 0 1 .216 .323 .433 .756
Nico Hoerner 2B 3 0 0 0 1 0 .240 .314 .334 .648 SB
Carson Kelly C 3 2 1 1 1 1 .283 .374 .405 .779 HR (5)
Dansby Swanson SS 4 1 1 0 0 1 .211 .297 .419 .716
Michael Conforto RF 4 1 1 1 0 1 .250 .340 .500 .840 HR (8)
HOME · BAL
BATTER ABRHRBIBBK AVGOBPSLGOPS NOTES
Gunnar Henderson SS 5 1 0 0 0 0 .220 .291 .399 .690
Adley Rutschman C 4 0 1 0 1 0 .259 .327 .448 .775
Taylor Ward LF 4 1 2 1 1 1 .254 .382 .353 .735
Pete Alonso 1B 5 1 1 2 0 0 .250 .341 .468 .809 HR (20)
Samuel Basallo DH 4 0 0 0 0 2 .252 .316 .457 .773
Tyler O'Neill RF 2 2 2 2 0 0 .193 .295 .338 .633 2 HR (4, 5)
Blaze Alexander 3B 4 1 1 0 0 1 .308 .361 .427 .788
Jackson Holliday 2B 4 0 4 0 0 0 .212 .311 .389 .700 2B
Dylan Beavers CF 3 0 2 0 0 0 .230 .317 .352 .669 2B
Coby Mayo PH 1 1 1 1 0 0 .193 .266 .385 .651 HR (11)
Colton Cowser CF 2 0 0 0 0 0 .221 .313 .359 .672

Pitching lines

AWAY · CHC
PITCHER IPHRERBBKHR NPERA DEC
Colin Rea 5.1 7 3 3 2 2 1 91 4.75 W
Drew Pomeranz 1.1 3 2 2 0 0 1 22 5.40 HLD
Trent Thornton 0.1 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 2.60
Caleb Thielbar 1.0 3 2 2 0 2 2 21 4.56
Jacob Webb 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 3.18 SV
HOME · BAL
PITCHER IPHRERBBKHR NPERA DEC
Dean Kremer 5.0 6 4 4 1 4 4 92 4.09 L
Rico Garcia 1.1 1 2 2 1 1 0 25 2.75
Grant Wolfram 0.2 1 3 3 2 0 1 25 5.06
Albert Suárez 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 3.54
Tyler Wells 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 11 2.95

Manager comparison

AWAY · CHC
Craig Counsell
Craig Counsell
Lineup 3.3 R Bunts 0.7 R IBBs 0.9 R
HOME · BAL
Craig Albernaz
Craig Albernaz
Lineup 2.4 R Bunts 1.1 R IBBs 2.8 R

Recent form

AWAY · CHC
7-3 W4 +20 run diff
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HOME · BAL
5-5 L1 -20 run diff
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Season series: 1-1 with CHC listed first across 2 prior meetings.

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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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