Chicago Cubs at Cleveland Guardians

CHC 5 — CLE 6

Final — 2026-04-05

Game MVP: Shota Imanaga — 5.0 IP, 4 K, 1 ER

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

WP Shawn Armstrong (1-0)

LP Jacob Webb (0-1, B, 1)

SV Cade Smith (3)

Scoring Plays

Top 3: Shaw homered to right (355 feet). (0-1)

Top 6: Swanson homered to left center (380 feet), Kelly scored. (0-3)

Bot 6: Kayfus singled to right, Kwan scored, Martínez to third. (1-3)

Bot 6: DeLauter hit sacrifice fly to center, Martínez scored. (2-3)

Bot 6: Arias singled to center, Kayfus scored, Hoskins to third. (3-3)

Top 8: Happ homered to right (382 feet). (3-4)

Bot 8: Kayfus homered to right (352 feet). (4-4)

Bot 8: Arias singled to left, DeLauter scored, Hoskins to second. (5-4)

Bot 8: Hedges singled to left, Hoskins scored, Arias to second. (6-4)

Top 9: Happ singled to center, Hoerner scored, Bregman to third. (6-5)

Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA	Decision
Shota Imanaga	5.0	3	1	1	1	4	0	92-62	4.50
Ben Brown	2.0	2	2	2	2	0	0	42-22	4.15
Jacob Webb	0.1	3	3	3	1	0	1	20-10	7.36	L, 0-1, B, 1
Ethan Roberts	0.2	1	0	0	0	0	0	13-10	0.00

Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA	Decision
Parker Messick	5.0	2	1	1	3	6	1	91-51	0.82
Matt Festa	1.0	2	2	2	0	1	1	13-11	7.71
Erik Sabrowski	0.2	1	0	0	0	1	0	14-8	0.00
Shawn Armstrong	1.1	1	1	1	1	2	1	29-15	3.18	W, 1-0
Cade Smith	1.0	1	1	1	2	2	0	33-20	7.50	S, 3

Venue: Progressive Field, Cleveland, Ohio (19,791)

Umpires: Home Plate Umpire: Mark Ripperger, First Base Umpire: Shane Livensparger, Second Base Umpire: Dan Merzel, Third Base Umpire: John Bacon

Broadcast: GDTV | MARQ