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Chicago Cubs @ Cleveland Guardians

2026-04-05 · Night game · Progressive Field · Att: 19791 · 44°F, Partly Cloudy · Wind 16 mph, L To R · 2:57

Cleveland Guardians defeated Chicago Cubs 6–5. Chicago Cubs opened the scoring in the 3rd — Matt Shaw homers (1) on a fly ball to right field. Cleveland Guardians took the lead in the 8th — Gabriel Arias singles on a sharp line drive to left fielder Dylan Carlson. Chase DeLauter scores. Rhys Hoskins to 2nd. The game's biggest swing came in the 8th: CJ Kayfus homers (1) on a fly ball to right field — worth 32% in win probability.

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Line score

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

Chicago Cubs — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Nico Hoerner 2B	3	1	1	0	2	0
Alex Bregman 3B	4	0	0	0	1	1
Ian Happ DH	5	1	2	2	0	2
Scott Kingery PR	0	0	0	0	0	0
Carson Kelly C	4	1	1	0	1	2
Michael Busch 1B	3	0	0	0	1	1
Dansby Swanson SS	4	1	1	2	0	2
Matt Shaw RF	3	1	1	1	1	1
Pete Crow-Armstrong CF	4	0	1	0	0	0
Dylan Carlson LF	3	0	0	0	0	2
Moisés Ballesteros PH	1	0	0	0	0	1

Cleveland Guardians — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Steven Kwan CF	5	1	1	0	0	1
Angel Martinez LF	3	1	0	0	1	0
Jose Ramirez 3B	4	0	0	0	0	0
David Fry RF	1	0	1	0	1	0
C. J. Kayfus RF	2	2	2	2	0	0
Chase DeLauter DH	3	1	1	1	0	1
Rhys Hoskins 1B	2	1	0	0	2	1
Gabriel Arias SS	4	0	2	2	0	0
Austin Hedges C	4	0	2	1	0	0
Brayan Rocchio 2B	4	0	0	0	0	1