Chicago Cubs vs Tampa Bay Rays Final Score

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Chicago CubsCHC

6–2

Final

Tampa Bay RaysTB

Tropicana Field

Team Season Average

CHCTB

Batting

4.55

R/G

4.82

Pitching

3.82

RA/G

5.73

Odds

Sportsbook	Spread (TB)	Total	CHC ML	TB ML
DDraftKings	+1.5	8	-105	-115
FFanDuel	+1.5	8.5	-106	-110
BBetMGM	+1.5	8	+100	-110
CCaesars	+1.5	8	-105	-115
BBetRivers	+1.5	8	-104	-121
FFanatics	+1.5	8.5	-105	-115

Game Information

Tropicana Field

Stadium

Apr 8, 2026

10:40 PM UTC

Gametime weather

Conditions pending

Lineups

CHC

Starters

Rankings

Team	Offense	Defense
CHC	12th	11th
TB	9th	27th

Matchup

CHCTB

5-6Record5-6
45.5%Win %45.5%
5-5Last 105-5
1 (B2B)Rest days1 (B2B)

Scores

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

Team Stats

CHCStatTB

6Runs2
8Hits5
0Errors3
1Home runs0
4RBI2
0Stolen bases2
7K (bat)7
7K (pit)7
2BB (pit)4

Player Stats

CHC — Batting

Player	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	BB
Nico Hoerner2B	5	2	3	1	2	0
Carson KellyC	4	1	2	0	0	0
Michael Busch1B	4	0	0	0	0	0
Michael ConfortoLF	4	1	1	0	2	0
Pete Crow-ArmstrongCF	4	0	0	0	0	0
Matt Shaw2B	3	0	1	0	0	1
Alex Bregman3B	3	0	0	0	0	1
Dansby SwansonSS	3	1	0	0	0	1
Moises BallesterosC	3	1	1	0	0	1

CHC — Pitching

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K
Colin ReaSP	5.0	2	1	1	2	2
Ben BrownSP	2.0	2	1	1	0	3
Hoby MilnerRP	1.0	0	0	0	0	1
Hunter HarveyRP	1.0	1	0	0	0	1

TB — Batting

Player	AB	R	H	RBI	BB
Ben Williamson3B	4	0	0	0	0
Junior Caminero3B	4	0	0	0	0
Chandler SimpsonSS	4	0	1	0	0
Yandy Diaz1B	3	0	0	0	0
Jake FraleyRF	3	0	1	1	1
Jonny DeLucaRF	3	1	1	0	0
Taylor WallsSS	3	0	0	0	0
Hunter FeducciaC	3	0	0	0	1
Jonathan Aranda1B	3	1	2	1	0

TB — Pitching

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K
Jesse ScholtensRP	4.2	4	0	0	1	4
Joe BoyleSP	4.1	4	6	5	3	3

Scoring Summary

80 events · 6 scoring

Inning 1 Top

Top
Hoerner homered to left (369 feet).
1-0
Top
Busch grounded out to shortstop.
1-0
Top
Bregman struck out swinging.
1-0
Top
Crow-Armstrong struck out looking.
1-0

Inning 1 Bottom

Bottom
Díaz flied out to right.
1-0
Bottom
Aranda singled to center.
1-0
Bottom
Fraley struck out swinging.
1-0
Bottom
Caminero fouled out to catcher.
1-0

Inning 2 Top

Top
Kelly lined out to second.
1-0
Top
Ballesteros lined out to shortstop.
1-0
Top
Swanson grounded out to third.
1-0

Inning 2 Bottom

Bottom
Simpson grounded out to second.
1-0
Bottom
Williamson grounded out to third.
1-0
Bottom
Feduccia lined out to left.
1-0

Inning 3 Top

Top
Conforto grounded out to second.
1-0
Top
Shaw walked.
1-0
Top
Hoerner flied out to right.
1-0
Top
Shaw caught stealing second, catcher to shortstop.
1-0

Inning 3 Bottom

Bottom
DeLuca singled to left.
1-0
Bottom
DeLuca stole second.
1-0
Bottom
Walls grounded out to first, DeLuca to third.
1-0
Bottom
Díaz hit by pitch.
1-0
Bottom
Aranda hit sacrifice fly to left, DeLuca scored.
1-1
Bottom
Fraley walked, Díaz to second.
1-1
Bottom
Caminero struck out swinging.
1-1

Inning 4 Top

Top
Busch struck out swinging.
1-1
Top
Bregman flied out to center.
1-1
Top
Crow-Armstrong fouled out to catcher.
1-1

Inning 4 Bottom

Bottom
Simpson grounded out to third.
1-1
Bottom
Williamson grounded out to first.
1-1
Bottom
Feduccia walked.
1-1
Bottom
DeLuca grounded into fielder's choice to shortstop, Feduccia out at second.
1-1

Inning 5 Top

Top
Kelly doubled to left.
1-1
Top
Ballesteros walked.
1-1
Top
Swanson walked, Ballesteros to second, Kelly to third.
1-1
Top
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
Top
Shaw popped out to second.
4-1
Top
Hoerner doubled to right, Conforto scored.
5-1
Top
Hoerner scored on error, Busch safe at first on throwing error by catcher Feduccia, Busch safe at second on error.
6-1
Top
Scholtens relieved Boyle
6-1
Top
Bregman struck out swinging.
6-1
Top
Crow-Armstrong flied out to right.
6-1

Inning 5 Bottom

Bottom
Walls popped out to second.
6-1
Bottom
Díaz grounded out to third.
6-1
Bottom
Aranda flied out to left.
6-1

Inning 6 Top

Top
Kelly reached on infield single to shortstop.
6-1
Top
Ballesteros popped out to third.
6-1
Top
Swanson struck out swinging.
6-1
Top
Conforto struck out swinging.
6-1

Inning 6 Bottom

Bottom
Milner relieved Rea
6-1
Bottom
Fraley struck out looking.
6-1
Bottom
Caminero grounded out to shortstop.
6-1
Bottom
Simpson flied out to center.
6-1

Inning 7 Top

Top
Shaw lined out to left.
6-1
Top
Hoerner singled to center.
6-1
Top
Busch grounded into double play, second to shortstop to first, Hoerner out at second.
6-1

Inning 7 Bottom

Bottom
Brown relieved Milner
6-1
Bottom
Williamson grounded out to first.
6-1
Bottom
Feduccia struck out swinging.
6-1
Bottom
DeLuca flied out to center.
6-1

Inning 8 Top

Top
Bregman walked.
6-1
Top
Crow-Armstrong grounded into double play, second to shortstop to first, Bregman out at second.
6-1
Top
Kelly flied out to center.
6-1

Inning 8 Bottom

Bottom
Walls struck out swinging.
6-1
Bottom
Díaz grounded out to shortstop.
6-1
Bottom
Aranda singled to center.
6-1
Bottom
Aranda to second on wild pitch by Brown.
6-1
Bottom
Fraley singled to left, Aranda scored, Fraley to second.
6-2
Bottom
Caminero struck out swinging.
6-2

Inning 9 Top

Top
Ballesteros singled to right.
6-2
Top
Swanson grounded into fielder's choice to pitcher, Ballesteros out at second.
6-2
Top
Conforto struck out swinging.
6-2
Top
Shaw singled to left, Swanson to third.
6-2
Top
Hoerner flied out to right.
6-2

Inning 9 Bottom

Bottom
Harvey relieved Brown
6-2
Bottom
Simpson singled to left.
6-2
Bottom
Simpson stole second.
6-2
Bottom
Simpson caught stealing third, catcher to third.
6-2
Bottom
Williamson grounded out to pitcher.
6-2
Bottom
Feduccia struck out swinging.
6-2

Chicago Cubs vs Tampa Bay Rays: Final Score & Recap

The Chicago Cubs beat the Tampa Bay Rays 6-2 in this MLB game at Tropicana Field on Wednesday, April 8, 2026. The line score, team and player box scores, and scoring summary are in the Game Stats tab.

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Chicago Cubs vs Tampa Bay Rays Odds

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