Angels (3-4) @ Cubs (3-3)

First Pitch: 11:20 AM at Wrigley Field

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Angels Yusei Kikuchi (0-1, 6.52 ERA)
Cubs Matthew Boyd (1-1, 6.75 ERA)

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Line Score – Game Over

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB
LAA 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 4 2 4
CHC 0 0 5 0 0 0 1 0 6 10 1 10

Box Score

CHC AB R H RBI BB SO BA
2B Hoerner 5 1 3 1 0 1 .318
3B Bregman 3 0 1 1 2 0 .208
LF Happ 5 1 1 0 0 2 .208
C Kelly, C 4 2 0 0 1 2 .188
1B Busch 3 1 2 0 1 1 .286
SS Swanson 3 0 0 1 0 2 .118
RF Shaw 4 0 2 2 0 0 .267
CF Crow-Armstrong 4 0 1 1 0 2 .261
DH Amaya 1 1 0 0 1 0 .375
DH Ballesteros 2 0 0 0 0 0 .167
CHC IP H R ER BB SO P-S ERA
Boyd 5.2 2 2 1 2 10 98-64 6.75
Harvey, H 1.1 1 0 0 0 3 20-15 0.00
Thielbar 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 13-9 0.00
Palencia, D 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 9-8 0.00
LAA AB R H RBI BB SO BA
SS Neto 3 1 2 0 1 1 .231
CF Trout 3 1 0 0 1 2 .261
RF Adell 4 0 1 1 0 0 .259
DH Soler 4 0 0 0 0 2 .148
3B Moncada 4 0 1 0 0 2 .143
2B Peraza, O 4 0 0 0 0 3 .286
1B Candelario 3 0 0 0 0 3 .125
C d'Arnaud 3 0 0 0 0 1 .167
LF Teodosio 3 0 0 0 0 2 .000
LAA IP H R ER BB SO P-S ERA
Kikuchi 5.1 6 5 5 4 5 91-62 6.52
Zeferjahn 0.2 1 1 0 1 1 21-11 0.00
Suter 2.0 3 0 0 0 4 44-30 0.00

Scoring Plays

Inning Event Score
B3 Nico Hoerner doubles (3) on a sharp line drive to center fielder Mike Trout. Miguel Amaya scores. 1-0
B3 Alex Bregman singles on a ground ball to center fielder Mike Trout. Nico Hoerner scores. 2-0
B3 Dansby Swanson out on a sacrifice fly to left fielder Bryce Teodosio. Ian Happ scores. 3-0
B3 Matt Shaw singles on a ground ball to center fielder Mike Trout. Carson Kelly scores. Michael Busch to 3rd. 4-0
B3 Pete Crow-Armstrong singles on a ground ball to second baseman Oswald Peraza, deflected by first baseman Jeimer Candelario. Michael Busch scores. Matt Shaw to 2nd. 5-0
T6 Jo Adell singles on a ground ball to center fielder Pete Crow-Armstrong, deflected by second baseman Nico Hoerner. Zach Neto scores. Mike Trout to 3rd. 5-1
T6 Jorge Soler reaches on a fielding error by third baseman Alex Bregman. Mike Trout scores. Jo Adell to 2nd. 5-2
B7 Matt Shaw singles on a ground ball to right fielder Jo Adell. Carson Kelly scores. Michael Busch to 2nd. 6-2

Highlights

Description Length
Probable pitchers for Angels at Cubs – April 1, 2026 0:06
Bullpen availability for Chicago, April 1 vs Angels 0:09
Bullpen availability for Los Angeles, April 1 vs Cubs 0:09
Bench availability for Los Angeles, April 1 vs Cubs 0:08
Fielding alignment for Chicago, April 1 vs Angels 0:11
Bench availability for Chicago, April 1 vs Angels 0:08
Starting lineups for Angels at Cubs – April 1, 2026 0:10
Breaking down Matthew Boyd's pitches 0:04
Matthew Boyd's outing against the Angels 0:22
Breaking down Yusei Kikuchi's pitches 0:04
Yusei Kikuchi's outing against the Cubs 0:25
Jeimer Candelario's catch in foul territory 0:30
Matthew Boyd picks off Zach Neto in the 1st 0:30
Strike 1 confirmed after ABS challenge 0:26
Nico Hoerner's RBI double 0:26
Alex Bregman RBI single 0:19
Dansby Swanson's sacrifice fly 0:20
Matt Shaw's RBI single 0:20
Pete Crow-Armstrong's RBI single 0:20
Ball 1 is overturned after ABS challenge 0:27
Cubs score five runs in the 3rd inning 1:35
Fan gives away foul ball, receives hot dog in return 1:14
Matthew Boyd strikes out Bryce Teodosio 0:06
Jo Adell's RBI single 0:25
Mike Trout scores on an error 0:20
Strike 3 confirmed after ABS challenge 0:28
Matt Shaw's second RBI single 0:14
Yusei Kikuchi strikes out Pete Crow-Armstrong 0:06
Strike 3 confirmed after ABS challenge 0:26
Matthew Boyd strikes out 10 1:54
Yusei Kikuchi strikes out five 0:54

Decisions

Winning Pitcher Losing Pitcher Save
Boyd (1-1, 6.75 ERA) Kikuchi (0-1, 6.52 ERA)

Game ended at 2:06 PM.

16 comments

  1. ya know….as much depressing angels baseball as i’ve seen over the last few years….

    i’ve never seen them as MISERABLE as they looked today. holy shit. looked like nobody wanted to be on that field. everybody looked like an empty husk.

    get the hell outta chicago and reset

  2. Open OOTP -> Create Game -> Use Live Start -> Start Game -> Player Search -> “Yoan Moncada” -> DELETE PLAYER -> Save and Exit Game

  5. I watched Manchester By The Sea last night and even that didn’t feel as sad as this game.

  6. Yea let’s gtfo of Chicago. Kikuchi has to bounce back quick or else the rotation is mega-fucked.

    The boys better bring it in the perfect SoCal weather this homestand cuz imma be there Friday and Saturday!

  10. Lots of really good swings throughout the series that lead to nothing but outs because of wind. Hopefully it didn’t kill the offensive momentum.

  11. As someone who was at the game I’m happy to be in my hotel. The feel like temp was 22

  15. I know the weather won’t always be cooperative, but tell me why tf we’re playing in Chicago in MARCH??? There are few places in the US more miserable than that abominable city to play in at this point in the season. MLB has to do something about it.

  16. 16/27 outs by strikeout

    Thats 59% of outs where defense wasn’t even needed. 

    Nice offensive strategy 

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