Chicago Cubs at Texas Rangers

CHC 7 — TEX 1

Final — 2026-05-08

Game MVP: Ben Brown — 4.0 IP, 3 K, 0 ER

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

WP Javier Assad (3-1)

LP Kumar Rocker (1-4)

Scoring Plays

Top 1: Happ singled to left, Conforto scored. (0-1)

Top 4: Suzuki homered to center (419 feet), Happ scored. (0-3)

Bot 5: Foscue singled to left, Carter scored, McCutchen to second. (1-3)

Top 6: Crow-Armstrong hit a ground rule double, Busch scored. (1-4)

Top 7: Busch doubled to left, Bregman scored, Suzuki scored and Happ scored. (1-7)

Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	PC-ST	ERA	Decision
Ben Brown	4.0	0	0	0	1	3	46-31	1.82
Ryan Rolison	0.1	1	1	1	2	0	14-5	4.00
Javier Assad	3.2	1	0	0	1	1	41-26	6.00	W, 3-1
Ethan Roberts	1.0	0	0	0	1	0	15-8	0.00

Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA	Decision
Kumar Rocker	3.2	4	3	3	3	3	1	87-53	5.01	L, 1-4
C. Quantrill	3.1	3	4	1	2	2	0	70-43	4.05
Tyler Alexander	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	5-4	2.45
Jakob Junis	1.0	1	0	0	1	1	0	25-14	1.65

Venue: Globe Life Field, Arlington, Texas (32,394)

Umpires: Home Plate Umpire: Clint Vondrak, First Base Umpire: Willie Traynor, Second Base Umpire: Adam Hamari, Third Base Umpire: Todd Tichenor

Broadcast: MARQ | KDAF