Texas Rangers @ Chicago Cubs

8-4, 2-3 Away

Final

9-5, 4-3 Home


TEX
CHC

1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
0	2	1	0	0	0	2	1	0	6	12	3
0	3	0	0	3	0	0	4	-	10	12	0

P. Hodge1-0

1.1 IP, 2 H, 1 ER, 3 K, 0 BB

C. Martin0-1

0.2 IP, 1 H, 0 ER, 2 K, 1 BB

Rangers Hitting

hitters
M. Semien2B
C. SeagerSS
W. LangfordLF
K. PillarLF
J. PedersonDH
A. GarcíaRF
J. Smith1B
J. Jung3B
J. HeimC
L. TaverasCF
team

AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG
5	0	0	1	0	0	0	.111	.167	.178
5	0	2	0	0	0	0	.194	.256	.278
4	1	2	1	1	0	2	.244	.333	.561
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.364	.364	.455
4	0	0	0	0	0	2	.094	.216	.125
4	1	1	0	0	0	0	.184	.279	.421
3	2	1	0	0	1	1	.308	.438	.500
4	1	3	1	0	0	1	.545	.545	.818
4	0	1	2	0	0	3	.280	.280	.520
4	1	2	1	0	0	1	.219	.242	.281
38	6	12	6	1	1	10

Batting
2BJung (1, Merryweather); Langford (1, Taillon)
3BTaveras (1, Merryweather); Jung (1, Hodge)
HRLangford (4, 3rd inning off Taillon 0 on, 1 Out)
RBISemien (5), Heim 2 (5), Taveras (4), Jung (2), Langford (6)
2Out RBIJung, Jo., Jung
Team LOB6
Team RISP3-11 (Pederson 0-1, Smith 0-1, Jung 1-1, A. García 0-1, Taveras 1-2, Heim 1-3, Semien 0-2)

Baserunning
CSSemien (1, 2nd base by Pressly/Kelly)
SBHeim (2, 2nd base off Taillon/Kelly)

Fielding
DP1 (Semien-Seager-Smith)
EHeim (2, throw); Taveras (1, fielding); Jung (1, fielding)
AssistsPillar (Crow-Armstrong at 2nd base).; Pillar (Crow-Armstrong at 2nd base)

Cubs Hitting

hitters
I. HappLF
S. SuzukiDH
K. TuckerRF
J. Turner1B
J. Berti3B
D. SwansonSS
N. Hoerner2B
P. Crow-ArmstrongCF
M. Shaw3B
aM. BuschPH-1B
C. KellyC
team

AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG
5	1	0	0	0	0	1	.200	.300	.283
4	1	3	2	0	1	1	.286	.397	.536
4	2	2	0	0	1	0	.339	.464	.714
3	1	1	0	0	1	0	.222	.348	.222
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.333	.250
4	2	2	4	1	0	0	.226	.300	.509
4	0	1	2	0	1	1	.350	.422	.375
5	1	3	2	0	0	2	.222	.300	.278
2	1	0	0	0	1	0	.182	.333	.273
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.270	.386	.459
3	0	0	0	0	1	0	.333	.500	.762
35	10	12	10	1	6	5

a-hit by pitch for Shaw in the 7th

Batting
2BTucker (6, Church)
HRSwanson (4, 2nd inning off Corbin 0 on, 0 Out)
RBISwanson 4 (11), Hoerner 2 (8), Suzuki 2 (14), Crow-Armstrong 2 (5)
2Out RBISuzuki 2, Crow-Armstrong 2
SFSwanson
GIDPKelly
Team LOB9
Team RISP5-15 (Berti 0-1, Shaw 0-1, Crow-Armstrong 1-1, Suzuki 1-2, Hoerner 1-2, Tucker 0-1, Happ 0-2, Swanson 1-2, Kelly 0-2, Turner 1-1)

Baserunning
SBBerti (5, 3rd base off Martin/Heim); Swanson (2, 2nd base off Martin/Heim); Crow-Armstrong 2 (6, 2nd base off Corbin/Heim 2)

Rangers Pitching

pitchers
P. Corbin
J. Webb
M. Church
S. Armstrong
C. Martin(L, 0-1)
H. Milner
team

IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	PC-ST	ERA
4.0	5	3	3	2	0	1	74-47	6.75
1.0	4	3	3	0	1	0	21-15	5.14
1.0	1	0	0	2	1	0	22-9	4.91
1.0	0	0	0	1	1	0	15-7	5.40
0.2	1	4	0	1	2	0	21-14	0.00
0.1	1	0	0	0	0	0	3-1	0.00
8.0	12	10	6	6	5	1	156-93

Pitching
WPCorbin
IBBTucker (by Martin).
HBPBusch (by Armstrong)
First-pitch strikes/Batters FacedCorbin 15/19; Martin 2/6; Armstrong 2/4; Milner 0/1; Webb 4/7; Church 4/6
Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In play strikesCorbin-9-7-14-17; Martin-4-2-5-3; Armstrong-3-2-1-1; Milner-0-0-0-1; Webb-2-3-4-6; Church-3-2-1-3
Ground Balls-Fly BallsCorbin 3-9; Martin 1-1; Armstrong 1-0; Webb 1-1; Church 1-1
Game ScoresP Corbin 38

Cubs Pitching

pitchers
J. Taillon
J. Merryweather(H, 3)
P. Hodge(W, 1-0, B, 2)
R. Pressly
team

IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	PC-ST	ERA
6.0	5	3	3	1	6	1	85-60	6.06
0.2	3	2	2	0	1	0	14-9	4.15
1.1	2	1	1	0	3	0	24-19	2.57
1.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	14-12	3.86
9.0	12	6	6	1	10	1	137-100

Pitching
First-pitch strikes/Batters FacedTaillon 15/24; Pressly 2/4; Merryweather 3/5; Hodge 6/6
Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In play strikesTaillon-15-12-16-15; Pressly-1-3-4-4; Merryweather-2-2-1-4; Hodge-3-5-8-3
Ground Balls-Fly BallsTaillon 3-9; Pressly 2-0; Merryweather 1-0; Hodge 1-0
Game ScoresJ Taillon 55

Scoring Summary

		TEX	CHC
2nd	Heim singled to right, A. García scored and Smith scored, Jung to third.	2	0
2nd	Swanson homered to left (395 feet).	2	1
2nd	Suzuki singled to left, Crow-Armstrong scored and Shaw scored, Kelly to second.	2	3
3rd	Langford homered to left center (407 feet).	3	3
5th	Swanson hit sacrifice fly to center, Suzuki scored, Turner to second, Tucker to third.	3	4
5th	Hoerner singled to left, Tucker scored and Turner scored.	3	6
7th	Taveras tripled to left, Jung scored.	4	6
7th	Semien grounded out to second, Taveras scored.	5	6
8th	Jung tripled to right, Smith scored.	6	6
8th	Swanson singled to right, Happ scored and Tucker scored, Berti to second.	6	8
8th	Crow-Armstrong singled to left, Berti scored and Swanson scored, Crow-Armstrong thrown out at second.	6	10

Rangers
0
Cubs
7

Game 1

8/4

Rangers
6
Cubs
10

Game 2

9/4

Rangers
6
Cubs
2

Game 3

9/4

Wrigley Field

12:40 AM, 9 April 2025

Chicago, Illinois

Attendance: 27,694

Game Time:2:43

Umpires:
Home Plate Umpire - Chad Fairchild
First Base Umpire - Ben May
Second Base Umpire - Roberto Ortiz
Third Base Umpire - Bill Miller

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Seattle	90	72	.556	-	L3
Houston	87	75	.537	3	W2
Texas	81	81	.500	9	L2
Athletics	76	86	.469	14	L2
Los Angeles	72	90	.444	18	L2

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Milwaukee	97	65	.599	-	W1
Chicago	92	70	.568	5	W3
Cincinnati	83	79	.512	14	L1
St. Louis	78	84	.481	19	L4
Pittsburgh	71	91	.438	26	L1

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Texas Rangers @ Chicago Cubs

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