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Chicago Cubs @ Texas Rangers

2026-05-08 · Night game · Rangers Ballpark in Arlington · Att: 32394 · 74°F, Roof Closed · Wind 0 mph, None · 2:47

Chicago Cubs defeated Texas Rangers 7–1. Chicago Cubs opened the scoring in the 1st — Ian Happ singles on a ground ball to left fielder Alejandro Osuna. Michael Conforto scores. The game's biggest swing came in the 4th: Seiya Suzuki homers (7) on a fly ball to center field. Ian Happ scores — worth 16% in win probability.

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Line score

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

Chicago Cubs — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Nico Hoerner 2B	5	0	0	0	0	0
Michael Conforto DH	4	1	2	0	1	1
Alex Bregman 3B	5	1	1	0	0	3
Ian Happ LF	4	2	1	1	1	0
Seiya Suzuki RF	3	2	1	2	2	0
Michael Busch 1B	3	1	1	3	2	0
Carson Kelly C	4	0	0	0	0	1
Pete Crow-Armstrong CF	4	0	2	1	0	1
Dansby Swanson SS	4	0	1	0	0	0

Texas Rangers — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Brandon Nimmo RF	3	0	0	0	1	1
Sam Haggerty LF	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ezequiel Duran RF	4	0	1	0	0	1
Corey Seager SS	4	0	0	0	0	1
Josh Jung 3B	4	0	0	0	0	1
Evan Carter CF	2	1	0	0	2	0
Joc Pederson DH	0	0	0	0	1	0
Andrew McCutchen DH	2	0	0	0	1	0
Jake Burger 1B	3	0	0	0	0	0
Alejandro Osuna LF	1	0	0	0	0	0
Justin Foscue 2B	2	0	1	1	0	0
Danny Jansen C	3	0	0	0	0	0