{"id":671039,"date":"2026-04-08T22:12:16","date_gmt":"2026-04-08T22:12:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/671039\/"},"modified":"2026-04-08T22:12:16","modified_gmt":"2026-04-08T22:12:16","slug":"rays-series-finale-against-cubs-preview-storylines","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/671039\/","title":{"rendered":"Rays&#8217; Series Finale Against Cubs: Preview, Storylines"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Coming off a bad loss on Tuesday, the Tampa Bay Rays will be back in action on Wednesday for their series finale against the Chicago Cubs. With the series tied at one game apiece, the Rays will be seeking their second straight series win.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday, Tampa Bay was expecting to have their ace Drew Rasmussen on the mound with a chance to win the series. However, with his wife expecting their child, he was understandably scratched from the start.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>This resulted in the Rays needing to use a bullpen game, and the results weren\u2019t good. Tampa Bay ended up losing the game by a score of 9-2. While the pitching might not have done well, the Rays did see their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.si.com\/mlb\/rays\/onsi\/news\/rays-should-move-red-hot-outfielder-up-in-the-lineup\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">outfielder Chandler Simpson<\/a> continue his excellent play of late, going 2-for-4 in the game.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Now, they will be facing off against Chicago in the rubber game of the series on Wednesday. Here\u2019s how to watch on Wednesday night.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Who: Chicago Cubs vs. Tampa Bay Rays\u00a0<br \/>\nWhen: Wednesday, April 8th, 6:40 PM EST<br \/>\nWhere: Tropicana Field, St. Petersburg, FL<br \/>\nTelevision: Rays.TV<br \/>\nRadio: WDAE 95.7 FM, WQBN\/1300AM<br \/>\nPitching Matchup:\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Coming off a bad loss on Tuesday, the Tampa Bay Rays will be back in action on Wednesday&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":671040,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2377],"tags":[5,4,297,2550,68,2551,2549],"class_list":{"0":"post-671039","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tampa-bay-rays","8":"tag-baseball","9":"tag-mlb","10":"tag-rays","11":"tag-tampa-bay","12":"tag-tampa-bay-rays","13":"tag-tampabay","14":"tag-tampabayrays"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/116371386949265708","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/671039","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=671039"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/671039\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/671040"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=671039"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=671039"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=671039"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}