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Oakland Athletics @ Chicago Cubs

2026-06-02 · Night game · Wrigley Field · Att: 36065 · 65°F, Clear · Wind 10 mph, In From LF · 2:19

Athletics defeated Chicago Cubs 2–1. Chicago Cubs opened the scoring in the 1st — Alex Bregman grounds out, third baseman Zack Gelof to first baseman Nick Kurtz. Nico Hoerner scores. Athletics took the lead in the 4th — Zack Gelof singles on a line drive to center fielder Pete Crow-Armstrong. Brent Rooker scores. Henry Bolte to 2nd. The game's biggest swing came in the 9th: Ian Happ flies out to center fielder Henry Bolte — worth 18% in win probability.

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Line score

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

Oakland Athletics — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Lawrence Butler RF	0	0	0	0	0	0
Carlos Cortes RF	3	0	0	0	0	0
Colby Thomas RF	1	0	0	0	0	1
Nick Kurtz 1B	3	1	1	1	1	1
Shea Langeliers C	4	0	0	0	0	0
Tyler Soderstrom LF	4	0	1	0	0	0
Brent Rooker DH	4	1	1	0	0	1
Henry Bolte CF	4	0	1	0	0	2
Jeff McNeil 2B	4	0	1	0	0	0
Zack Gelof 3B	3	0	1	1	0	2
Alika Williams SS	0	0	0	0	0	0
Darell Hernaiz SS	3	0	0	0	0	1

Chicago Cubs — batting

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