Arizona Diamondbacks at Chicago Cubs

ARI 4 — 8 CHC

Final — 2026-05-03

MVP: Matthew Boyd 6.0 IP, 5 K, 2 ER

Chicago Cubs defeated Arizona Diamondbacks 8-4. Matthew Boyd led the way with 6.0 IP, 5 K, 2 ER. Matthew Boyd earned the win and Merrill Kelly took the loss.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
ARI	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	7	0
CHC	0	1	2	0	3	0	2	0	x	8	12	0

WP Matthew Boyd (2-1)

LP Merrill Kelly (1-3)

Scoring Plays

Top 2: Moreno homered to left center (427 feet), Arenado scored. (2-0)

Bot 2: Kelly singled to center, Busch scored. (2-1)

Bot 3: Ballesteros homered to left center (389 feet), Hoerner scored. (2-3)

Bot 5: Busch tripled to right, Ballesteros scored, Bregman scored and Happ scored. (2-6)

Bot 7: Busch hit sacrifice fly to right, Happ scored, Suzuki to third. (2-7)

Bot 7: Kelly singled to left, Suzuki scored. (2-8)

Top 9: Del Castillo homered to center (412 feet), Gurriel Jr. scored. (4-8)

ARI — Batting

Name	POS	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
Marte	2B	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.214	.272	.357	.629
Perdomo	SS	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	.245	.352	.402	.754
Carroll	RF	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.273	.372	.518	.890
Vargas	1B	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.382	.406	.657	1.063
Arenado	3B	4	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	.275	.310	.440	.750
Gurriel	LF	3	1	2	0	0	0	1	1	.233	.283	.279	.562
Moreno	C	4	1	1	0	1	2	0	1	.245	.296	.408	.704
Fernandez	DH	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.304	.340	.435	.775
Barrosa	CF	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.203	.257	.406	.663
Del Castillo	PH	1	1	1	0	1	2	0	0	.222	.258	.413	.671

CHC — Batting

Name	POS	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
Hoerner	2B	5	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	.301	.375	.466	.841
Ballesteros	DH	4	2	2	0	0	1	2	1	1	.317	.380	.598	.978
Bregman	3B	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.243	.333	.353	.686
Happ	LF	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	2	1	.248	.381	.512	.893
Suzuki	RF	5	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	3	.308	.402	.526	.928
Busch	1B	3	1	2	1	1	0	4	1	1	.218	.317	.339	.656
Kelly	C	4	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	.325	.417	.446	.863
Crow-Armstrong	CF	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	.236	.302	.354	.656
Swanson	SS	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.213	.338	.417	.755

ARI — Pitching

Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA	WHIP	Decision
Kelly	4.1	8	6	6	3	5	1	92-58	9.95	1.49	L, 1-3
Thompson	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	4-4	3.38	1.46
Pfaadt	2.1	4	2	2	3	1	0	52-28	5.83	1.26
Sewald	0.2	0	0	0	0	2	0	8-6	3.86	1.17

CHC — Pitching

Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA	WHIP	Decision
Boyd	6.0	4	2	2	1	5	1	94-65	6.00	1.22	W, 2-1
Maton	1.0	1	0	0	1	1	0	25-15	10.29	1.81
Milner	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	15-9	2.25	1.21
Martin	1.0	1	2	2	1	2	1	26-14	5.40	2.00

Venue: Wrigley Field, Chicago, Illinois (35,597)

Umpires: Home Plate Umpire: Doug Eddings, First Base Umpire: Lance Barksdale, Second Base Umpire: Mike Muchlinski, Third Base Umpire: Gabe Morales

Broadcast: MARQ | DBTV