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
Justin Steele	Elbow	07-31-2026Expected to be out until at least Aug 1
Ethan Roberts	Undisclosed	05-01-2026Expected to be out until at least May 2
Nico Hoerner	Neck	05-01-2026Probable for May 2
Jordan Wicks	Elbow	05-02-2026Expected to be out until at least May 3
Daniel Palencia	Lat	05-02-2026Expected to be out until at least May 3
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	05-01-2026Probable for May 2
Chris Martin	Biceps	05-07-2026Expected to be out until at least May 8
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	05-09-2026Expected to be out until at least May 10
Carter Baumler	Ribs	05-04-2026Expected to be out until at least May 5
Cody Bradford	Elbow	05-25-2026Expected to be out until at least May 26
Luis Curvelo	Shoulder	05-06-2026Expected to be out until at least May 7
Wyatt Langford	Forearm	05-04-2026Expected to be out until at least May 5

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
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	32	128	17	38	26	4	13	14	.297	.374	.461	.835	9	0	7	0	123
D. Swanson SS	31	102	24	22	24	6	20	28	.216	.341	.431	.772	2	1	2	0	100
I. Happ LF	30	115	21	26	14	7	21	40	.226	.355	.452	.807	5	0	1	0	89
A. Bregman 3B	32	128	11	33	12	3	17	21	.258	.347	.375	.722	4	1	1	0	76
P. Crow-Armstrong CF	32	120	20	29	13	3	9	38	.242	.305	.358	.663	3	1	6	3	75
M. Ballesteros C	28	74	12	24	16	5	8	13	.324	.386	.595	.981	5	0	0	0	73
S. Suzuki RF	19	70	14	22	9	5	11	20	.314	.422	.543	.965	1	0	0	0	63
C. Kelly C	24	79	13	25	11	2	12	15	.316	.413	.443	.856	4	0	0	0	60
M. Busch 3B	31	118	14	24	13	2	15	31	.203	.301	.297	.598	5	0	0	0	59
M. Shaw SS	29	76	10	22	10	3	5	15	.289	.329	.487	.816	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	32	1102	175	287	159	42	145	262	.260	.352	.425	.777	49	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	2.88	21	12	11	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	7	4	4-1	1	1	32.2	4.41	34	16	16	3	9	30	.262	1.32	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	4	0	1-0	0	0	6.2	4.05	6	3	3	1	1	5	.250	1.05	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	14	0	0-1	1	3	12.2	4.26	16	9	6	3	7	15	.314	1.82	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	7	0	0-1	0	0	6.0	12.00	9	8	8	1	4	9	.346	2.17	-9
Total	32	32	20-12	7	11	285.0	4.01	245	139	127	37	96	264	.231	1.20	637

HITTING	G	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	2B	3B	SB	CS	FPTS
J. Jung 3B	29	106	12	34	19	4	10	19	.321	.381	.538	.919	11	0	1	1	86
B. Nimmo CF	32	126	16	38	12	4	13	27	.302	.378	.468	.846	7	1	1	1	85
C. Seager SS	31	114	19	24	17	6	18	35	.211	.319	.421	.740	6	0	1	0	84
E. Carter LF	32	92	11	17	9	3	16	27	.185	.309	.326	.635	4	0	5	0	62
J. Burger 3B	32	126	12	28	19	5	5	40	.222	.256	.381	.637	5	0	0	0	61
E. Duran SS	24	62	9	17	8	1	6	14	.274	.338	.403	.741	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	30	74	11	16	6	2	12	21	.216	.326	.311	.637	1	0	0	0	41
J. Smith SS	29	85	6	16	6	0	13	20	.188	.300	.212	.512	2	0	2	1	38
D. Jansen C	22	71	6	15	8	2	6	25	.211	.282	.380	.662	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	7	12	2	4	2	0	4	3	.333	.529	.417	.946	1	0	0	1	9
S. Haggerty LF	19	26	2	5	1	0	1	12	.192	.250	.192	.442	0	0	1	0	5
Total	32	1060	125	251	119	30	116	294	.237	.316	.378	.694	52	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	7	7	2-2	0	0	34.2	4.67	29	18	18	5	18	45	.223	1.36	65
J. Latz RP	14	1	0-1	3	4	17.2	1.02	5	2	2	1	3	15	.085	0.45	56
J. Junis RP	14	0	0-0	3	3	15.1	1.76	7	3	3	0	4	6	.135	0.72	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	14	0	1-0	2	2	15.1	0.59	15	2	1	0	3	12	.263	1.17	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	15	0	2-1	1	1	13.2	5.27	12	8	8	3	6	16	.226	1.32	39
J. Beeks RP	15	0	1-1	0	0	14.2	1.84	11	3	3	2	3	14	.208	0.95	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	32	32	16-16	9	12	281.2	3.48	241	116	109	37	100	278	.228	1.21	609

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