Cubs @ Rays · Apr 7, 2026 — MLB Central

Final Tue, Apr 7, 2026

Tropicana Field Regular Season

Chicago Cubs Cubs 9

Final

NIGHT game

2 Tampa Bay Rays Rays

Away starter

Javier Assad

Home starter

Mason Englert

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Easy as ABC: Assad, Bregman, Crow-Armstrong lead Cubs past Rays

ST. PETERSBURG -- The Cubs were already feeling a little sour coming into Tuesday. They had lost six of their first 10 games and had just suffered back-to-back defeats for the first time this year. Then things got worse with the news that prized young pitcher Cade Horton needs season-ending

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Javier Assad shuts down the Rays in 9-2 win00:03:27

Javier Assad tosses 5 2/3 scoreless innings and Pete Crow-Armstrong and Moisés Ballesteros homer in the Cubs' 9-2 win over the Rays

Condensed Game: CHC@TB - 4/7/2600:11:32

Condensed Game: Javier Assad and the Cubs take on Jonathan Aranda and the Rays on April 7, 2026

Moisés Ballesteros' two-run home run (2)00:00:23

Moisés Ballesteros smacks a two-run home run to right field to give the Cubs a 9-2 lead in the top of the 9th

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Cubs @ Rays · 9–2

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