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Chicago Cubs @ Tampa Bay Rays

2026-04-06 · Day game · Tropicana Field · Att: 25114 · 72°F, Dome · Wind 0 mph, None · 2:10

Tampa Bay Rays defeated Chicago Cubs 6–4. Chicago Cubs opened the scoring in the 2nd — Nico Hoerner singles on a sharp line drive to left fielder Chandler Simpson. Michael Busch scores. Dansby Swanson scores. Miguel Amaya to 2nd. Tampa Bay Rays took the lead in the 2nd — Yandy Díaz singles on a ground ball to shortstop Dansby Swanson. Taylor Walls scores. Yandy Díaz to 2nd. Throwing error by shortstop Dansby Swanson. The game's biggest swing came in the 2nd: Nico Hoerner singles on a sharp line drive to left fielder Chandler Simpson. Michael Busch scores. Dansby Swanson scores. Miguel Amaya to 2nd — worth 17% in win probability.

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Line score

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

Chicago Cubs — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Nico Hoerner 2B	4	0	1	2	0	1
Alex Bregman 3B	4	0	0	0	0	1
Ian Happ LF	3	1	1	0	1	0
Carson Kelly C	4	0	1	0	0	1
Michael Busch 1B	2	1	0	1	1	0
Dansby Swanson SS	3	1	0	0	1	3
Matt Shaw RF	4	1	1	1	0	1
Pete Crow-Armstrong CF	4	0	0	0	0	2
Michael Conforto DH	1	0	0	0	0	0
Dylan Carlson DH	1	0	0	0	0	0
Miguel Amaya DH	0	0	0	0	1	0

Tampa Bay Rays — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Yandy Diaz DH	4	0	2	0	0	1
Jonathan Aranda 1B	4	1	1	2	0	1
Jake Fraley RF	4	0	0	0	0	0
Junior Caminero 3B	4	1	1	1	0	1
Chandler Simpson LF	4	1	2	0	0	0
Nick Fortes C	4	0	1	0	0	1
Cedric Mullins CF	3	1	1	2	0	0
Ben Williamson 2B	2	1	0	0	1	1
Taylor Walls SS	3	1	1	0	0	0