TOR 2, CHC 3 | Aug 6, 2026 | The Best Box Score

Thursday, August 6, 2026•Wrigley Field•76°F, Cloudy

TOR

Blue Jays

CHC

Cubs

Final

WIN

Trent Thornton

LOSS

Brendon Little

The Cubs edged the Blue Jays 3-2 in a tightly contested game that came down to the final outs.

★Andrés Giménez3-for-4, 0 RBI

★Alejandro Kirk4-for-5, 1 RBI

⚾Dylan Cease7.0 IP, 0 ER, 10 K

Key Moment

Bot 9: Alex Bregman homers (12) on a fly ball to left field. Pete Crow-Armstrong scores.

Weather: 76°F, CloudyWind: 5 mph, Out To LFFirst pitch: 6:20 PM UTCT: 3:21Att: 39,476Venue: Wrigley Field

Ump Audit

Chris Segal

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88.8%D

19 missed calls

+17.8% TOR

+0.18 runs CHC

Win Probability

CHC WinTOR Win

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	R	H	E
TOR	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	11	1
CHC	0	0	0

Game 824664 • Sources: MLB + Statcast

Batting

Toronto Blue Jays

Away

Batters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG/OBP/SLG	maxEV	xBA	xwOBA
Myles StrawCF	5	0	0	0	0	2	.225/.278/.340	102	.352	.332
Kazuma Okamoto1B	4	1	1	0	1	2	.229/.303/.439	85.3	.063	.062
Brandon ValenzuelaC	0	0	0	0	0	0	.235/.311/.396	-	-	-
George SpringerDH	5	0	0	0	0	0	.234/.316/.398	92.1	.110	.110
Nathan LukesRF	5	0	0	0	0	1	.261/.317/.360	94.8	.286	.282
Ernie Clement2B	5	0	2	0	0	0	.287/.311/.415	91.5	.530	.501
Josh Smith3B	3	0	0	0	0	2	.204/.288/.261	97.7	.377	.654
Jesús SánchezLF	2	0	0	0	0	0	.268/.310/.434	103.5	.246	.448
Andrés GiménezSS	4	1	3	0	1	0	.235/.281/.353	103.7	.449	.500
Bench
Alejandro KirkC	5	0	4	1	0	0	.255/.329/.369	105.8	.473	.456
Luis Urías2B	2	0	1	0	0	0	.250/.322/.481
Totals	41	2	11	1	4	7	-	-	-	-

2B:Urías; Giménez

TB:13

RBI:Kirk

SB:Giménez 2

GIDP:Urías; Springer

Team LOB:13

Chicago Cubs

Home

Batters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG/OBP/SLG	maxEV	xBA	xwOBA
Pete Crow-ArmstrongCF	5	2	2	0	0	2	.289/.386/.550	108.4	.409

Pitching

Toronto Blue Jays

Away

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	P-S	Velo	ERA
Dylan Cease	7.0	2	0	0	1	10	0	104-66	89.2	2.28
Braydon FisherH	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	15-10	84	3.86
Louis VarlandBS	1.0	2	2	2	0	0	1	21-16	92.6	1.38
Chase Lee	1.0	0	0	0	1	1	0	10-8	82.4	5.06
Brendon LittleL	0.1	1	1	0	1	0	0	8-5	89.3	11.48
Totals	10.1	5	3	2	3	12	1	158-105	-	-

WP:Cease; Lee

IBB:Lee; Little

Pitches-strikes:Cease 104-66; Fisher 15-10; Varland 21-16; Lee 10-8; Little 8-5

Groundouts-flyouts:Cease 5-6; Fisher 1-1; Varland 2-1; Lee 0-2; Little 0-0

Chicago Cubs

Home

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	P-S	Velo	ERA
David Peterson	5.0	7	1	1	3	3	0	89-53	88.7	5.35

Game Notes

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B1Replay review: Blue Jays challenged (play at 1st), call on the field was overturned: Seiya Suzuki grounds out, third baseman Ernie Clement to first baseman Kazuma Okamoto.

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B6Replay review: Michael Busch challenged (pitch result), call on the field was confirmed: Michael Busch called out on strikes.

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B8Replay review: Pedro Ramírez challenged (pitch result), call on the field was confirmed: Pedro Ramírez called out on strikes.

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B6Wild pitch by Dylan Cease

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B10Wild pitch by Chase Lee

Bench
Ian HappLF	4	0	0	0	0	1	.211/.323/.404	99.3	.096	.089
Miguel AmayaC	1	0	1	0	1	0	.238/.348/.350	101.7	.654	.679
Pedro RamírezPH	1	0	0	0	0	1	.292/.350/.415	90.3	-	-
David PetersonP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Ryan RolisonP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Aaron CivaleP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Caleb ThielbarP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Trent ThorntonP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-