Chi Cubs at Tampa Bay — MLB April 7, 2026

9 – 2

Final

Tropicana Field, St. Petersburg, FL

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
CHC	0	2	2	0	0	1	1	1	2	9	16	0
TB	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	6	1

Decisions

Win J. Assad CHC

5.2 IP · 1 H · 0 ER · 3 K · 0.00 ERA

Loss M. Englert TB

3.2 IP · 7 H · 3 ER · 2 K · 9.45 ERA

Recap

Highlights

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Scoring plays All plays ›

Play	CHC	TB
Top 2nd Michael Conforto singled to right, Dansby Swanson scored	1	0
Top 2nd Matt Shaw doubled to deep left, Michael Conforto scored	2	0
Top 3rd Alex Bregman scored	3	0
Top 3rd Moisés Ballesteros hit sacrifice fly, Pete Crow-Armstrong scored	4	0
Top 6th Nico Hoerner hit into fielder's choice, Matt Shaw out, Michael Conforto to third, Moisés Ballesteros scored	5	0
Top 7th Pete Crow-Armstrong homered (395 ft.) to deep right	6	0
Top 8th Nico Hoerner singled to left, Michael Conforto to second, Dansby Swanson scored	7	0
Bottom 8th Jonathan Aranda doubled to deep right center, Yandy Díaz to third, Richie Palacios scored	7	1
Bottom 8th Ryan Vilade singled to shallow center, Jonathan Aranda to third, Yandy Díaz scored	7	2
Top 9th Moisés Ballesteros homered (376 ft.) to deep right, Pete Crow-Armstrong scored	9	2

Closing line

Box score

Chi Cubs

Batting	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG
N. Hoerner 2B	4	0	2	2	1	0	.297
M. Busch 1B	5	0	0	0	0	1	.154
A. Bregman 3B	5	1	3	0	0	0	.200
P. Crow-Armstrong CF	5	3	3	1	0	0	.256
M. Amaya C	5	0	0	0	0	1	.294
M. Ballesteros DH	4	2	2	3	0	0	.208
D. Swanson SS	5	2	2	0	0	1	.162
M. Conforto LF	3	1	2	1	2	0	.250
M. Shaw RF	5	0	2	1	0	2	.250
Totals		9	16		3	5

Pitching	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	PC
J. Assad W	5.2	1	0	0	2	3	80
H. Milner	1.1	2	0	0	0	0	17
P. Maton	0.2	3	2	2	0	1	26
C. Thielbar	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	2
J. Webb	1.0	0	0	0	1	1	14

Tampa Bay

Batting	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG
Y. Díaz DH	3	1	0	0	0	0	.386
J. Aranda 1B	4	0	2	1	0	0	.244
J. Fraley RF	2	0	0	0	0	0	.200
R. Vilade PH-RF	2	0	1	1	0	0	.100
J. Caminero 3B	3	0	0	0	1	2	.238
C. Simpson LF	4	0	2	0	0	0	.405
C. Mullins CF	3	0	0	0	1	1	.122
N. Fortes C	4	0	0	0	0	0	.303
R. Palacios 2B	3	1	1	0	1	1	.250
T. Walls SS	4	0	0	0	0	1	.143
Totals		2	6		3	5