Chicago Cubs at Tampa Bay Rays

CHC 4 — TB 6

Final — 2026-04-06

Game MVP: Jonathan Aranda — 1-4, 1 HR, 2 RBI

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

WP Kevin Kelly (1-1)

LP Jameson Taillon (0-1)

SV Bryan Baker (1)

Scoring Plays

Top 2: Hoerner singled to left, Busch and Swanson scored, Amaya to second. (0-2)

Bot 2: Mullins homered to right (367 feet), Simpson scored. (2-2)

Bot 2: Díaz reached on infield single to shortstop, Walls scored on throwing error by shortstop Swanson, Díaz to second. (3-2)

Bot 3: Caminero homered to left (401 feet). (4-2)

Top 6: Busch hit sacrifice fly to center, Happ scored. (4-3)

Bot 7: Aranda homered to right center (403 feet), Williamson scored. (6-3)

Top 9: Shaw homered to left (366 feet). (6-4)

Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA	Decision
Jameson Taillon	6.0	7	4	3	0	4	2	83-53	2.53	L, 0-1
Phil Maton	1.0	1	2	2	1	1	1	19-10	10.80
R. Martin	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	10-8	0.00

Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA	Decision
Shane McClanahan	4.0	1	2	2	4	5	0	69-35	4.15
Kevin Kelly	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	14-10	12.27	W, 1-1
Ian Seymour	1.1	2	1	1	0	1	0	21-13	13.50
Hunter Bigge	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	20-12	0.00
Bryan Baker	1.0	1	1	1	0	2	1	14-10	2.25	S, 1

Venue: Tropicana Field, St. Petersburg, Florida (25,114)

Umpires: Home Plate Umpire: Brian Walsh, First Base Umpire: Chad Fairchild, Second Base Umpire: Chad Whitson, Third Base Umpire: Bill Miller

Broadcast: MARQ | RATV | WMOR