Major League Baseball
Chicago Cubs
12
Texas Rangers
4
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | OT | 2OT | 3OT | P8 | P9 | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CHC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 12 |
| TEX | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
Javier Baez homered twice, Jon Lester won for the first time in his last five opening day starts and the Chicago Cubs began the season with a 12-4 victory Thursday at Texas, spoiling the debut of new Rangers manager Chris Woodward.
| Date | Opp | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9/30/26 | @ San Diego Padres | L 1-4 | MLB |
| 9/29/26 | @ San Diego Padres | L 0-8 | MLB |
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Mazara homered to (482 feet), Pence scored.
Pitch 2 : Ball In Play
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking
Pitch 3 : Strike 2 Foul
Pitch 6 : Strike 2 Foul
Pitch 5 : Strike 2 Foul
Pitch 3 : Strike 2 Foul
Pitch 4 : Strike 2 Foul
Pitch 3 : Strike 2 Foul
Pitch 6 : Strike 2 Foul
Pitch 2 : Strike 2 Foul
Pitch 5 : Strike 2 Foul
Pitch 2 : Strike 2 Foul
Pitch 2 : Ball In Play
Bryant homered to right (426 feet), Almora Jr. scored.
Pitch 5 : Ball In Play
Pitch 4 : Ball 2
Pitch 3 : Strike 2 Foul
Pitch 2 : Ball 1
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Foul
Pitch 2 : Strike 2 Foul
Pitch 3 : Strike 2 Foul
Heyward grounded into double play, second to shortstop to first, Contreras scored, Zobrist out at second, Bote to third.
Pitch 1 : Ball In Play
Pitch 6 : Strike 2 Foul
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Foul
Pitch 7 : Strike 2 Foul
Pitch 6 : Strike 2 Foul
Pitch 5 : Strike 2 Foul
Pitch 4 : Strike 2 Foul
Rizzo walked, Zobrist scored, Bryant to second, Almora Jr. to third.
Pitch 4 : Ball 4
Pitch 3 : Ball 3
Pitch 2 : Ball 2
Pitch 1 : Ball 1
Almora Jr. reached on infield single to second, Bote scored, Zobrist to second.
Pitch 4 : Ball In Play
Pitch 3 : Ball 2
Pitch 2 : Strike 1 Foul
Pitch 1 : Ball 1
Pitch 4 : Strike 2 Foul
Pitch 2 : Strike 2 Foul
Pitch 2 : Strike 1 Foul
Pitch 3 : Ball In Play
Pitch 3 : Strike 2 Foul
Pitch 4 : Strike 2 Foul
Pitch 5 : Strike 2 Foul
Báez homered to right (411 feet), Zagunis scored and Rizzo scored.
Pitch 1 : Ball In Play
Bryant grounded out to shortstop, Heyward scored.
Pitch 3 : Ball In Play
Pitch 2 : Ball 1
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Foul
End of the 9th inning
Cabrera lined out to right.
Pitch 2 : Ball In Play
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking
Mike Montgomery pitches to Asdrubal Cabrera
Mazara homered to (482 feet), Pence scored.
Pitch 2 : Ball In Play
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking
Mike Montgomery pitches to Nomar Mazara
Montgomery relieved Strop
Pence singled to center.
Pitch 2 : Ball In Play
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking
Pedro Strop pitches to Hunter Pence
Gallo lined out to right.
Pitch 4 : Ball In Play
Pitch 3 : Strike 2 Foul
Pitch 2 : Ball 1
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking
Pedro Strop pitches to Joey Gallo
Andrus grounded out to shortstop.
Pitch 4 : Ball In Play
Pitch 3 : Ball 2
Pitch 2 : Strike 1 Swinging
Pitch 1 : Ball 1
Pedro Strop pitches to Elvis Andrus
Strop relieved Brach
Descalso as designated hitter.
Bottom of the 9th inning
Middle of the 9th inning
Almora Jr. struck out swinging.
Pitch 7 : Strike 3 Swinging
Pitch 6 : Strike 2 Foul
Pitch 5 : Strike 2 Foul
Showing the last 40 of 605 events.
TEX wins series 2-1
Delino DeShieldsCF80
Rougned Odor2B24
Elvis AndrusSS18
Joey GalloLF17
Hunter PenceDH8
Nomar MazaraRF15
Asdrubal Cabrera3B3
Ronald Guzman1B84
Jeff MathisC45
Albert AlmoraCF5
Kris Bryant3B23
Anthony Rizzo1B48
Javier BaezSS28
Willson ContrerasC40
David Bote2B12
Ben ZobristDH18
Jason HeywardRF22
Mark ZagunisLF80
Daniel DescalsoDH33
Kyle SchwarberLF12
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