Chicago Cubs at Tampa Bay Rays
Final
Recap
ST. PETERSBURGH, Fla. -- Alex Bregman broke out of an 0-for13 slump with three hits and Javier Assad worked 5 2/3 shutout innings to lead the Chicago Cubs to a 9-2 win over the Tampa Bay Rays on Tuesday night. The Cubs (5-6) banged out a season-best 16 hits and snapped a two-game skid. The Rays had their three-game winning streak halted in front of an announced crowd of 21,377 in the second game of their return to Tropicana Field. Both teams had some rotation chaos.
How the bets landed
Moneyline favoriteTBA -116 · 51% to win
UpsetRun LineCHC -1.5
CoveredTotalO/U 8.5 · 11 scored
OverAgainst the consensus line at the start, across 16 books
Team stats
16Hits6
2Home runs0
3Walks3
5Strikeouts5
3Stolen bases0
139Pitches thrown160
5Pitching strikeouts5
Box score
Batting
| Batters | AB | R | H | RBI | HR | BB | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nico Hoerner2B | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Matt ShawRF | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Michael ConfortoLF | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Michael Busch1B | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Moises BallesterosDH | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Miguel AmayaC | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Pete Crow-ArmstrongCF | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Dansby SwansonSS | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Alex Bregman3B | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 41 | 9 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
Pitching
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Caleb ThielbarP | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Javier AssadP | 5.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| Phil MatonP | 0.2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Jacob WebbP | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Hoby MilnerP | 1.1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |