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New York Yankees @ Chicago Cubs

2026-08-02 · Day game · Wrigley Field · Att: 40057 · 71°F, Overcast · Wind 13 mph, In From LF · 2:49

New York Yankees defeated Chicago Cubs 2–1. New York Yankees opened the scoring in the 3rd — José Caballero homers (11) on a fly ball to center field. Ryan McMahon scores. The game's biggest swing came in the 3rd: José Caballero homers (11) on a fly ball to center field. Ryan McMahon scores — worth 17% in win probability.

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Line score

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

New York Yankees — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Trent Grisham CF	4	0	0	0	0	1
Ben Rice 1B	4	0	0	0	0	3
Amed Rosario DH	4	0	1	0	0	1
Spencer Jones LF	4	0	0	0	0	1
Jasson Dominguez RF	4	0	1	0	0	1
Jazz Chisholm 2B	4	0	0	0	0	1
Ryan McMahon 3B	4	1	1	0	0	1
Jose Caballero SS	3	1	2	2	0	0
Ali Sanchez C	0	0	0	0	0	0
Paul Goldschmidt PH	1	0	0	0	0	0
Austin Wells C	1	0	0	0	1	0

Chicago Cubs — batting

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