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Chicago Cubs @ Tampa Bay Rays

2026-04-07 · Night game · Tropicana Field · Att: 21377 · 69°F, Dome · Wind 0 mph, None · 2:47

Chicago Cubs defeated Tampa Bay Rays 9–2. Chicago Cubs opened the scoring in the 2nd — Michael Conforto singles on a sharp line drive to right fielder Jake Fraley. Dansby Swanson scores. The game's biggest swing came in the 2nd: Matt Shaw doubles (1) on a line drive to left fielder Chandler Simpson. Michael Conforto scores — worth 11% in win probability.

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Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
CHN	0	2	2	0	0	1	1	1	2	9	16
TBA	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	6	1

Chicago Cubs — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Nico Hoerner 2B	4	0	2	2	1	0
Michael Busch 1B	5	0	0	0	0	1
Alex Bregman 3B	5	1	3	0	0	0
Pete Crow-Armstrong CF	5	3	3	1	0	0
Miguel Amaya C	5	0	0	0	0	1
Moisés Ballesteros DH	4	2	2	3	0	0
Dansby Swanson SS	5	2	2	0	0	1
Michael Conforto LF	3	1	2	1	2	0
Matt Shaw RF	5	0	2	1	0	2

Tampa Bay Rays — batting

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