Chicago Cubs vs. Texas Rangers Live Coverage, Stats, and Updates - May 8, 2026 Gametracker

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M. BoydL	1-1 W-L	18.0 IP	7.00 ERA	5.20 SO/BB	1.44 WHIP
K. RockerR	1-2 W-L	26.2 IP	3.38 ERA	2.20 SO/BB	1.31 WHIP

1-1, 18.0 IP, 7.00 ERA

1-2, 26.2 IP, 3.38 ERA

PLAYERS	INJURY	EXPECTED RETURN
Shelby Miller	Elbow	01-31-2027Expected to be out until at least Feb 1
Tyler Austin	Knee	05-22-2026Expected to be out until at least May 23
Caleb Thielbar	Hamstring	05-08-2026Expected to be out until at least May 9
Hunter Harvey	Triceps	05-07-2026Expected to be out until at least May 8
Dansby Swanson	Lower Body	04-30-2026Probable for May 1
Justin Steele	Elbow	07-31-2026Expected to be out until at least Aug 1
Ethan Roberts	Undisclosed	04-30-2026Expected to be out until at least May 1
Jordan Wicks	Elbow	05-02-2026Expected to be out until at least May 3
Daniel Palencia	Lat	04-30-2026Expected to be out until at least May 1
Cade Horton	Elbow	07-31-2027Expected to be out until at least Aug 1, 2027
Porter Hodge	Elbow	01-31-2027Expected to be out until at least Feb 1
Riley Martin	Elbow	06-21-2026Expected to be out until at least Jun 22

PLAYERS	INJURY	EXPECTED RETURN
Brandon Nimmo	Hamstring	04-30-2026Probable for May 1
Chris Martin	Biceps	04-30-2026Expected to be out until at least May 1
Jordan Montgomery	Elbow	06-30-2026Expected to be out until at least Jul 1
Robert Garcia	Shoulder	05-04-2026Expected to be out until at least May 5
Cody Freeman	Back	04-30-2026Expected to be out until at least May 1
Carter Baumler	Ribs	04-30-2026Expected to be out until at least May 1
Cody Bradford	Elbow	05-25-2026Expected to be out until at least May 26
Luis Curvelo	Shoulder	04-30-2026Expected to be out until at least May 1
Wyatt Langford	Forearm	05-01-2026Expected to be out until at least May 2

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Cubs CHC-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Rangers TEX-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

HITTING	G	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	2B	3B	SB	CS	FPTS
N. Hoerner 2B	31	127	16	37	26	4	13	14	.291	.370	.449	.819	8	0	7	0	123
D. Swanson SS	30	98	23	21	23	6	20	28	.214	.344	.439	.783	2	1	2	0	100
I. Happ LF	29	113	20	26	14	7	19	39	.230	.351	.460	.811	5	0	1	0	89
A. Bregman 3B	31	124	10	32	11	3	17	21	.258	.350	.371	.721	3	1	1	0	76
P. Crow-Armstrong CF	31	116	19	28	13	3	9	38	.241	.307	.362	.669	3	1	6	3	75
M. Ballesteros C	27	71	12	24	16	5	7	12	.338	.392	.620	1.012	5	0	0	0	73
S. Suzuki RF	18	67	14	22	9	5	10	19	.328	.430	.567	.997	1	0	0	0	63
C. Kelly C	23	75	12	23	10	2	12	15	.307	.409	.440	.849	4	0	0	0	60
M. Busch 3B	30	114	14	22	11	2	15	30	.193	.295	.281	.576	4	0	0	0	59
M. Shaw SS	28	73	10	22	10	3	5	14	.301	.342	.507	.849	6	0	2	1	58
M. Amaya C	19	50	10	12	6	2	7	13	.240	.356	.380	.736	1	0	0	0	37
M. Conforto RF	17	30	5	9	5	0	7	10	.300	.421	.433	.854	4	0	0	0	25
S. Kingery 2B	8	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	0	0	1	0	5
N. Lopez 3B	2	4	1	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
D. Carlson CF	3	4	1	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
Total	31	1070	169	279	154	42	141	257	.261	.353	.427	.780	46	3	20	4	843

PITCHING	GP	GS	W-L	SV	SVO	IP	ERA	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	BAA	WHIP	FPTS
E. Cabrera SP	6	6	3-0	0	0	35.1	3.06	30	14	12	3	12	29	.234	1.19	95
S. Imanaga RP	6	6	2-2	0	0	34.1	3.15	21	12	12	3	9	38	.171	0.87	93
J. Taillon SP	6	6	2-1	0	0	34.2	4.41	27	18	17	9	13	31	.213	1.15	79
C. Rea SP	6	3	3-1	1	1	27.1	4.61	26	14	14	3	9	24	.248	1.28	70
B. Brown SP	10	0	1-1	0	1	22.2	1.99	17	7	5	1	7	22	.210	1.06	52
C. Thielbar RP	11	0	2-2	2	3	8.2	3.12	6	4	3	2	5	11	.182	1.27	35
H. Milner RP	15	0	0-0	1	1	15.0	2.40	10	4	4	2	4	5	.192	0.93	34
M. Boyd SP	4	4	1-1	0	0	18.0	7.00	21	15	14	1	5	26	.288	1.44	29
J. Assad RP	5	3	2-1	0	0	19.0	7.58	22	16	16	3	6	11	.289	1.47	27
D. Palencia RP	5	0	1-0	1	1	5.0	0.00	3	0	0	0	2	5	.176	1.00	26
C. Horton P	2	2	1-0	0	0	7.1	2.45	4	2	2	1	2	4	.167	0.82	26
R. Rolison RP	3	0	1-0	0	0	6.0	0.00	3	0	0	0	0	3	.158	0.50	23
R. Martin P	8	1	0-0	0	0	8.1	2.16	5	2	2	1	2	10	.179	0.84	21
C. Martin RP	5	0	0-0	1	1	4.0	2.25	1	1	1	0	4	2	.077	1.25	14
E. Roberts RP	3	0	0-0	0	0	2.2	0.00	1	0	0	0	0	2	.125	0.38	6
V. Velasquez SP	1	0	0-0	0	0	2.1	0.00	1	0	0	0	0	1	.125	0.43	6
Y. Rios RP	1	0	0-0	0	0	1.2	0.00	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	0.00	6
J. Webb RP	13	0	0-1	0	2	10.2	5.06	16	9	6	3	6	12	.356	2.06	5
H. Harvey RP	4	0	0-1	0	0	4.0	6.75	5	3	3	2	1	4	.294	1.50	0
L. Little RP	1	0	0-0	0	0	1.0	9.00	2	1	1	1	0	1	.400	2.00	0
C. Barnes SP	1	0	0-0	0	0	3.0	9.00	4	4	3	0	3	1	.308	2.33	-1
P. Maton RP	6	0	0-1	0	0	5.0	14.40	9	8	8	1	4	7	.391	2.60	-9
Total	31	31	19-12	6	10	276.0	4.01	234	134	123	36	94	251	.229	1.19	637

HITTING	G	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	2B	3B	SB	CS	FPTS
J. Jung 3B	28	101	12	32	17	4	10	19	.317	.381	.545	.926	11	0	1	1	86
B. Nimmo CF	31	124	14	36	12	4	12	27	.290	.364	.460	.824	7	1	1	1	85
C. Seager SS	30	111	19	23	17	6	16	34	.207	.308	.414	.722	5	0	1	0	84
E. Carter LF	31	90	10	17	9	3	15	26	.189	.308	.333	.641	4	0	5	0	62
J. Burger 3B	31	122	11	26	19	5	5	39	.213	.248	.369	.617	4	0	0	0	61
E. Duran SS	23	59	9	17	8	1	6	13	.288	.354	.424	.778	5	0	3	0	47
W. Langford OF	20	80	9	19	4	1	4	19	.238	.274	.363	.637	3	2	3	0	42
J. Pederson DH	29	71	11	16	5	2	12	21	.225	.341	.324	.665	1	0	0	0	41
J. Smith SS	28	83	6	16	6	0	13	18	.193	.306	.217	.523	2	0	2	1	38
D. Jansen C	21	67	5	14	7	1	6	23	.209	.284	.343	.627	4	1	0	1	29
K. Higashioka C	14	45	5	10	3	1	5	15	.222	.300	.311	.611	1	0	0	0	19
A. McCutchen DH	21	41	5	8	5	1	3	17	.195	.244	.317	.561	2	0	0	0	17
A. Osuna RF	6	8	2	3	1	0	4	1	.375	.615	.375	.990	0	0	0	1	9
S. Haggerty LF	18	25	2	5	1	0	1	11	.200	.231	.200	.431	0	0	1	0	5
Total	31	1027	120	242	114	29	112	283	.236	.315	.376	.691	49	4	17	5	625

PITCHING	GP	GS	W-L	SV	SVO	IP	ERA	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	BAA	WHIP	FPTS
J. deGrom SP	6	6	2-1	0	0	31.1	2.01	23	7	7	4	7	40	.198	0.96	92
N. Eovaldi SP	7	7	3-4	0	0	39.2	4.76	43	23	21	9	10	39	.269	1.34	72
M. Gore SP	6	6	2-2	0	0	31.0	4.35	25	15	15	5	15	42	.217	1.29	65
J. Latz RP	13	1	0-1	2	3	16.2	1.08	5	2	2	1	3	14	.089	0.48	56
J. Junis RP	13	0	0-0	3	3	14.1	1.88	7	3	3	0	4	6	.143	0.77	51
K. Rocker P	5	5	1-2	0	0	26.2	3.38	25	10	10	2	10	22	.243	1.31	48
T. Alexander RP	13	0	0-0	2	2	14.1	0.63	14	2	1	0	3	12	.264	1.19	44
J. Leiter P	6	6	1-2	0	0	31.1	5.17	34	19	18	6	12	33	.274	1.47	44
C. Winn SP	14	0	2-1	1	1	13.0	4.85	11	7	7	3	5	15	.220	1.23	39
J. Beeks RP	14	0	1-1	0	0	13.0	2.08	10	3	3	2	3	13	.213	1.00	31
G. Collyer RP	7	0	1-0	0	0	5.1	0.00	2	0	0	0	3	4	.125	0.94	17
C. Quantrill SP	3	0	1-0	0	0	7.0	6.43	7	5	5	1	2	7	.280	1.29	17
P. Gray RP	3	0	0-0	0	0	4.0	0.00	2	0	0	0	4	3	.154	1.50	7
C. Baumler RP	4	0	0-0	0	0	5.2	3.18	4	2	2	1	6	6	.200	1.76	7
R. Garcia RP	9	0	0-1	0	1	8.0	3.38	5	5	3	0	7	6	.185	1.50	7
C. Martin RP	8	0	1-1	0	1	6.1	7.11	11	6	5	1	0	7	.393	1.74	7
L. Curvelo RP	4	0	0-0	0	0	5.0	5.40	6	3	3	2	2	3	.300	1.60	5
Total	31	31	15-16	8	11	272.2	3.47	234	112	105	37	96	272	.229	1.21	609

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