{"id":658279,"date":"2026-04-02T07:12:39","date_gmt":"2026-04-02T07:12:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/658279\/"},"modified":"2026-04-02T07:12:39","modified_gmt":"2026-04-02T07:12:39","slug":"boyd-helps-the-cubs-beat-the-angels-6-2-in-rubber-game-of-series-6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/658279\/","title":{"rendered":"Boyd helps the Cubs beat the Angels 6-2 in rubber game of series"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>CHICAGO (AP) \u2014 Matthew Boyd struck out 10 while pitching into the sixth inning, and the Chicago Cubs beat the Los Angeles Angels 6-2 on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>Nico Hoerner had three hits for Chicago on a chilly and windy afternoon at Wrigley Field. Matt Shaw had two hits and two RBIs, and Alex Bregman reached three times in the rubber game of the three-game series.<\/p>\n<p>Boyd (1-1) allowed two runs, one earned, and two hits over 5 2\/3 innings in his second start of the season. The left-hander was tagged for six runs in 3 2\/3 innings in <a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/nationals-cubs-score-736894f1a18fe9f9bd6dfc500ed96f4a\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">a 10-4 loss<\/a> to Washington on opening day.<\/p>\n<p>Zach Neto had two of the Angels\u2019 four hits. Yusei Kikuchi (0-1) was charged with five runs and six hits in 5 1\/3 innings.<\/p>\n<p>Chicago grabbed control with five runs in the third inning. Miguel Amaya walked and scored from first on Hoerner\u2019s double into the gap in left-center. Bregman singled in Hoerner, and Dansby Swanson drove in Ian Happ with a sacrifice fly. Shaw and Pete Crow-Armstrong contributed two-out RBI singles.<\/p>\n<p>First-year Los Angeles manager Kurt Suzuki <a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/angels-suzuki-cubs-replay-challenge-denied-cff2fd2899066ba00145bb9ca2bb1968\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">wanted a replay review<\/a> of the play at the plate when Amaya scored but was denied by the umpires because he took too long to decide on the challenge.<\/p>\n<p>The Angels chased Boyd while scoring two runs in the sixth. Jo Adell singled in Neto, and Mike Trout scampered home on an error on Bregman at third.<\/p>\n<p>The Cubs tacked on an unearned run in the seventh. Trout dropped Carson Kelly\u2019s leadoff flyball to center for an error, and Kelly scored on Shaw\u2019s one-out single.<\/p>\n<p>Up next<\/p>\n<p>Angels: Following an off day, LHP Reid Detmers (0-0, 5.79 ERA) starts for the Angels in their home opener on Friday night. RHP Bryan Woo (0-0, 3.00 ERA) takes the mound for Seattle.<\/p>\n<p>Cubs: RHP Cade Horton (1-0, 2.84 ERA) starts the opener of a weekend series at Cleveland on Friday. LHP Joey Cantillo (0-0, 4.91 ERA) gets the ball for the Guardians.<\/p>\n<p>___<\/p>\n<p>AP MLB: <a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/mlb\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/mlb<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"CHICAGO (AP) \u2014 Matthew Boyd struck out 10 while pitching into the sixth inning, and the Chicago Cubs&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":658280,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2399],"tags":[72,5,762,2178,34,138,24,4245,161,733,36,1726,5163,2179,1270,44345,56,5177,716,728,603,4,256,33,35,3923,185,809,2052],"class_list":{"0":"post-658279","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-chicago-cubs","8":"tag-alex-bregman","9":"tag-baseball","10":"tag-bryan-woo","11":"tag-california","12":"tag-carson-kelly","13":"tag-chicago","14":"tag-chicago-cubs","15":"tag-chicagocubs","16":"tag-cubs","17":"tag-dansby-swanson","18":"tag-ian-happ","19":"tag-il-state-wire","20":"tag-illinois","21":"tag-jo-adell","22":"tag-joey-cantillo","23":"tag-kurt-suzuki","24":"tag-los-angeles-angels","25":"tag-matt-boyd","26":"tag-matt-shaw","27":"tag-miguel-amaya","28":"tag-mike-trout","29":"tag-mlb","30":"tag-mlb-baseball","31":"tag-nico-hoerner","32":"tag-pete-crow-armstrong","33":"tag-reid-detmers","34":"tag-sports","35":"tag-yusei-kikuchi","36":"tag-zach-neto"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/116333874361830965","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/658279","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=658279"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/658279\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/658280"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=658279"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=658279"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=658279"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}