Chi Cubs at Tampa Bay — MLB April 8, 2026

6 – 2

Final

Tropicana Field, St. Petersburg, FL

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

Decisions

Win C. Rea CHC

5.0 IP · 2 H · 1 ER · 2 K · 3.18 ERA

Loss J. Boyle TB

4.1 IP · 4 H · 5 ER · 3 K · 5.17 ERA

Recap

Highlights

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Scoring plays All plays ›

Play	CHC	TB
Top 1st Nico Hoerner homered (387 ft.) to deep left center	1	0
Bottom 3rd Jonathan Aranda hit sacrifice fly, Jonny DeLuca scored	1	1
Top 5th Michael Conforto doubled to deep center, Dansby Swanson scored, Moisés Ballesteros scored, Carson Kelly scored	4	1
Top 5th Nico Hoerner doubled to right, Michael Conforto scored	5	1
Top 5th Michael Busch reached on Hunter Feduccia's throwing error, Nico Hoerner scored	6	1
Bottom 8th Jake Fraley singled to left center, Jonathan Aranda scored	6	2

Closing line

Box score

Chi Cubs

Batting	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG
N. Hoerner 2B	5	2	3	2	0	0	.333
M. Busch 1B	4	0	0	0	0	1	.140
A. Bregman 3B	3	0	0	0	1	2	.188
P. Crow-Armstrong CF	4	0	0	0	0	1	.234
C. Kelly C	4	1	2	0	0	0	.281
M. Ballesteros DH	3	1	1	0	1	0	.222
D. Swanson SS	3	1	0	0	1	1	.150
M. Conforto LF	4	1	1	2	0	2	.250
M. Shaw RF	3	0	1	0	1	0	.257
Totals		6	8		4	7

Pitching	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	PC
C. Rea W	5.0	2	1	1	2	2	79
H. Milner	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	10
B. Brown	2.0	2	1	1	0	3	31
H. Harvey	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	16

Tampa Bay

Batting	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG
Y. Díaz DH	3	0	0	0	0	0	.362
J. Aranda 1B	3	1	2	1	0	0	.271
J. Fraley RF	3	0	1	1	1	2	.214
J. Caminero 3B	4	0	0	0	0	2	.217
C. Simpson LF	4	0	1	0	0	0	.391
B. Williamson 2B	4	0	0	0	0	0	.237
H. Feduccia C	3	0	0	0	1	2	.250
J. DeLuca CF	3	1	1	0	0	0	.286
T. Walls SS	3	0	0	0	0	1	.100
Totals		2	5		2	7