Toronto Blue Jays at Chicago Cubs

TOR 2 — 3 CHC

Final (11) — 2026-08-06

MVP: Dylan Cease 7.0 IP, 10 K, 0 ER

Chicago Cubs defeated Toronto Blue Jays 3-2. Dylan Cease led the way with 7.0 IP, 10 K, 0 ER. Trent Thornton earned the win and Brendon Little took the loss.

The Game Network 2026 2026-08-06 Top Performer

Top Performer

Dylan Cease

7.0 IP, 10 K, 0 ER

7 innings pitched with 10 strikeouts and no earned runs.

No pitcher struck out more batters.

	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	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	3	5	0

WP Trent Thornton (5-4)

LP Brendon Little (0-3)

Scoring Plays

Top 1: Okamoto scored on a disengagement violation, Springer to second on a disengagement violation. (1-0)

Top 7: Kirk singled to left, Giménez scored. (2-0)

Bot 9: Bregman homered to left (368 feet), Crow-Armstrong scored. (2-2)

Bot 11: Crow-Armstrong scored on throwing error by catcher Valenzuela, Suzuki stole second. (2-3)

TOR — Batting

Name	POS	AB	R	H	2B	RBI	BB	SO	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
Straw	CF	5	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	.225	.278	.340	.618
Okamoto	1B	4	1	1	0	0	1	2	0	.229	.303	.439	.742
Kirk	C	5	0	4	0	1	0	0	0	.255	.329	.369	.698
Springer	DH	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.234	.316	.398	.714
Lukes	RF	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.261	.317	.360	.677
Clement	2B	5	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	.287	.311	.415	.726
Urias	2B	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	.250	.322	.481	.803
Schneider	LF	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	.144	.289	.279	.568
Gimenez	SS	4	1	3	1	0	1	0	2	.235	.281	.353	.634
Smith	3B	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	.204	.288	.261	.549
Sanchez	LF	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.268	.310	.434	.744
Valenzuela	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.235	.311	.396	.707

CHC — Batting

Name	POS	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
Crow-Armstrong	CF	5	2	2	0	0	0	2	1	.289	.386	.550	.936
Suzuki	DH	4	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	.270	.364	.476	.840
Busch	1B	4	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	.241	.352	.390	.742
Bregman	3B	4	1	2	1	2	0	1	1	.248	.338	.384	.722
Happ	LF	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.211	.323	.404	.727
Hoerner	2B	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.260	.321	.363	.684
Conforto	RF	3	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	.227	.323	.448	.771
Swanson	SS	4	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	.217	.294	.406	.700
Amaya	C	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	.238	.348	.350	.698
Ramirez	PH	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.292	.350	.415	.765
Kelly	C	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.265	.352	.381	.733
Taylor	LF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.238	.290	.490	.780

TOR — Pitching

Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA	WHIP	Decision
Cease	7.0	2	0	0	1	10	0	104-66	2.28	1.04
Fisher	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	15-10	3.86	1.23
Varland	1.0	2	2	2	0	0	1	21-16	1.38	1.04
Lee	1.0	0	0	0	1	1	0	10-8	5.06	1.50
Little	0.1	1	1	0	1	0	0	8-5	11.48	2.40	L, 0-3

CHC — Pitching

Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	PC-ST	ERA	WHIP	Decision
Peterson	5.0	7	1	1	3	3	89-53	5.35	1.50
Rolison	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	14-10	2.35	1.22
Civale	3.0	4	1	1	0	3	45-32	5.14	1.60
Thielbar	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	12-7	4.84	1.37
Thornton	1.0	0	0	0	1	1	12-9	2.78	1.13	W, 5-4

Venue: Wrigley Field, Chicago, Illinois (39,476)

Umpires: Home Plate Umpire: Chris Segal, First Base Umpire: Laz Diaz, Second Base Umpire: NO UMPIRE, Third Base Umpire: Erich Bacchus

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