New York Yankees at Chicago Cubs

NYY 2 — 5 CHC

Final — 2026-08-01

MVP: David Peterson 6.1 IP, 8 K, 1 ER

Chicago Cubs defeated New York Yankees 5-2. David Peterson led the way with 6.1 IP, 8 K, 1 ER. Trent Thornton earned the win and Fernando Cruz took the loss. Caleb Thielbar recorded the save.

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

WP Trent Thornton (4-4)

LP Fernando Cruz (4-6, B, 4)

SV Caleb Thielbar (3)

Scoring Plays

Bot 1: Crow-Armstrong scored on Fried wild pitch. (0-1)

Top 5: Caballero singled to right, Jones scored, Sánchez to third. (1-1)

Top 7: Jones homered to left center (370 feet). (2-1)

Bot 7: Hoerner homered to left (372 feet). (2-2)

Bot 7: Crow-Armstrong tripled to right, Ramirez scored. (2-3)

Bot 7: Suzuki singled to center, Crow-Armstrong scored, Suzuki out stretching at second. New York Yankees challenged: call on the field was overturned. (2-4)

Bot 8: Busch singled to left, Bregman scored, C. Kelly to second. (2-5)

NYY — Batting

Name	POS	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
Schuemann	LF	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.194	.333	.361	.694
Goldschmidt	1B	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.247	.307	.452	.759
Rosario	DH	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	.236	.277	.448	.725
Dominguez	RF	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	.229	.271	.385	.656
Chisholm	2B	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	.222	.298	.403	.701
Volpe	SS	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.240	.325	.322	.647
Jones	LF	4	2	2	0	1	1	0	1	0	.247	.333	.452	.785
Sanchez	C	4	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.273	.305	.364	.669
Caballero	SS	3	0	1	0	0	1	1	1	2	.240	.292	.375	.667
Grisham	CF	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.214	.317	.379	.696
Rice	PH	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.268	.358	.567	.925
McMahon	3B	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.207	.268	.363	.631

CHC — Batting

Name	POS	AB	R	H	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
Crow-Armstrong	CF	3	2	1	1	0	1	1	1	.283	.380	.540	.920
Suzuki	RF	3	0	1	0	0	1	1	1	.270	.363	.473	.836
Bregman	3B	2	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	.249	.343	.380	.723
Kelly	C	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	.260	.348	.368	.716
Busch	1B	4	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	.240	.355	.387	.742
Hoerner	2B	4	1	2	0	1	1	0	1	.257	.320	.356	.676
Happ	LF	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.217	.327	.417	.744
Swanson	SS	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.212	.291	.397	.688
Triantos	DH	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.250	.250	.250	.500
Ramirez	DH	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	.319	.375	.457	.832

NYY — Pitching

Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA	WHIP	Decision
Fried	5.1	2	1	1	1	7	0	78-54	3.12	0.99
Chivilli	0.2	0	0	0	2	0	0	18-7	0.57	1.26
Cruz	0.2	1	2	2	1	0	1	18-9	2.85	1.32	L, 4-6, B, 4
Headrick	0.1	2	1	1	0	0	0	11-6	1.46	1.09
Cruz	1.0	2	1	1	1	0	0	17-10	1.69	0.75

CHC — Pitching

Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA	WHIP	Decision
Peterson	6.1	5	2	1	0	8	1	97-66	5.52	1.48
Thornton	0.2	1	0	0	2	0	0	17-8	2.97	1.13	W, 4-4
Webb	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	17-12	2.59	1.25
Thielbar	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	13-9	3.97	1.24	S, 3

Venue: Wrigley Field, Chicago, Illinois (39,630)

Umpires: Home Plate Umpire: Ron Kulpa, First Base Umpire: Scott Barry, Second Base Umpire: Manny Gonzalez, Third Base Umpire: Tom Hanahan

Broadcast: FOX

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