Chicago Cubs at Tampa Bay Rays

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Chicago Cubs

6-6, 3-3 Away

Final
6 - 2

Tampa Bay Rays

5-7, 1-2 Home

Nico Hoerner powers the Cubs to a 6-2 victory over the error-prone Rays at Tropicana Field

Chicago Cubs vs. Tampa Bay Rays: Game Highlights

Michael Conforto had a two-run double for the Cubs, who took advantage of three Tampa Bay throwing errors in the fifth to win the rubber game of the series before an announced crowd of 20,483. Colin Rea (1-0) allowed one run in five innings.

Hoerner went 3 for 5 with two RBI and two runs, extending his on-base streak to 11 games. His leadoff shot to left field snapped a homerless streak for Rays right-hander Joe Boyle (0-1) that lasted 30 2/3 innings.

After that, Boyle retired 11 of his next 12 batters before it all unraveled in the fifth.

A leadoff double, two walks and Conforto’s bases-loaded double broke it open. Two throwing errors — one by right fielder Jake Fraley, the other by catcher Hunter Feduccia — helped the Cubs score two more runs before Boyle could escape. He gave up six runs, five earned, and four hits in 4 1/3 innings.

It was the third time this season Tampa Bay committed three errors in a game.

Rea, who attended St. Petersburg College, stepped into the rotation after Cade Horton went on the injured list with a right forearm strain and held the Rays to two hits.

Hoby Milner, Ben Brown (two innings) and Hunter Harvey finished the five-hitter.

Tampa Bay's first run came in the third on Jonathan Aranda’s sacrifice fly. Aranda scored in the eighth on Jake Fraley’s single.

Up next Cubs LHP Shota Imanaga (0-1, 4.50 ERA) faces Pirates RHP Carmen Mlodzinski (0-0, 4.00) on Friday at Wrigley Field.

Rays LHP Steven Matz (2-0, 4.09 ERA) starts Friday night at home against the New York Yankees.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Feduccia struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Williamson grounded out to pitcher.
	9th Inning	Simpson caught stealing third, catcher to third.
	9th Inning	Simpson stole second.
	9th Inning	Simpson singled to left.
	9th Inning	Harvey relieved Brown

Statistics

CHC		TB
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	1
10	Ground Balls	12
7	Strikeouts	7
4	Runs Batted In	2
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
8	Hits	5
0	Stolen Bases	2
4	Walks	2
0	Catcher Interference	0
6	Runs	2
2	Ground Into Double Play	0
0	Sacrifice Flies	1
33	At Bats	30
1	Home Runs	0
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
13	Runners Left On Base	7
0	Triples	0
1	Game Winning RBIs	0
0	Intentional Walks	0
3	Doubles	0
16	Fly Balls	12
1	Caught Stealing	1
145	Pitches	136
0	Games Started	0
0	Pinch At Bats	0
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
1	Is Qualified In Steals	1
14	Total Bases	5
37	Plate Appearances	34
162.0	Projected Home Runs	0.0
4	Extra Base Hits	0
3.7	Runs Created	1.1
.242	Batting Average	.167
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.424	Slugging Percentage	.167
.273	Secondary Average	.100
.324	On Base Percentage	.235
.749	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.402
0.6	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	1.0
3.5	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	1.1
37.0	Batter Rating	15.0
33.0	At Bats Per Home Run	0.0
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.67
3.92	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	4.00
.182	Isolated Power	.000
0.57	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.29
.108	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.059
.030	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	-.067
10.0	Runs Produced	4.0
0.7	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.5	Patience Ratio	0.2
0.3	Balls In Play Average	0.2
83.8	MLB Rating	66.3
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0