Detroit Tigers at Chicago Cubs

Wrigley Field, Chicago Regular Season Final

Final score

The Chicago Cubs beat the Detroit Tigers 11–2 on Tuesday, July 21, 2026 at home.

Final score, Detroit Tigers at Chicago Cubs
Team Runs 2026 record
Detroit Tigers 2 76-86
at Chicago Cubs 11 89-73

Line score

Runs by inning, then runs, hits and errors, Detroit Tigers at Chicago Cubs
Team 1st inning 2nd inning 3rd inning 4th inning 5th inning 6th inning 7th inning 8th inning 9th inning Runs Hits Errors
Detroit Tigers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 7 0
Chicago Cubs 6 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 not played 11 11 0
  • W: David Peterson (5-7)
  • L: Framber Valdez (5-7)

Home runs

  • Detroit Tigers: Dillon Dingler (22)
  • Chicago Cubs: Michael Conforto (9)

Numbers in brackets are the player's season totals after the game.

Scoring plays

Every scoring play, Detroit Tigers at Chicago Cubs, with the score after it (away first)
Inning Team Play Score
Bottom 1st Chicago Cubs Carson Kelly singles on a ground ball to right fielder Ben Malgeri. Pete Crow-Armstrong scores. Seiya Suzuki scores. Alex Bregman to 3rd. 0–2
Bottom 1st Chicago Cubs Michael Busch singles on a sharp ground ball to right fielder Ben Malgeri. Alex Bregman scores. Carson Kelly to 2nd. 0–3
Bottom 1st Chicago Cubs Ian Happ singles on a fly ball to second baseman Gleyber Torres, deflected by right fielder Ben Malgeri. Carson Kelly scores. Michael Busch to 3rd. Nico Hoerner to 2nd. 0–4
Bottom 1st Chicago Cubs Pete Crow-Armstrong walks. Michael Busch scores. Nico Hoerner to 3rd. Ian Happ to 2nd. 0–5
Bottom 1st Chicago Cubs Seiya Suzuki walks. Nico Hoerner scores. Ian Happ to 3rd. Pete Crow-Armstrong to 2nd. 0–6
Bottom 3rd Chicago Cubs Pete Crow-Armstrong singles on a line drive to right fielder Ben Malgeri. Dansby Swanson scores. Pete Crow-Armstrong to 2nd. 0–7
Bottom 5th Chicago Cubs Michael Conforto homers (9) on a fly ball to right center field. Dansby Swanson scores. 0–9
Bottom 7th Chicago Cubs Cubs challenged (play at 1st), call on the field was overturned: Seiya Suzuki grounds into a force out, third baseman Colt Keith to second baseman Gleyber Torres. Ian Happ scores. Dansby Swanson to 3rd. Pete Crow-Armstrong out at 2nd. Seiya Suzuki to 1st. 0–10
Bottom 7th Chicago Cubs Alex Bregman singles on a line drive to left fielder Matt Vierling. Dansby Swanson scores. Seiya Suzuki to 2nd. 0–11
Top 9th Detroit Tigers Dillon Dingler homers (22) on a fly ball to left center field. Hao-Yu Lee scores. 2–11

Box score

Detroit Tigers

Detroit Tigers batting. Indented names came in as substitutes.
Batter Position At batsRunsHitsRuns batted inWalksStrikeoutsSeason batting average
Gleyber Torres 2B 4 0 0 0 0 3 .280
Substitute: Zach McKinstry 2B 1 0 0 0 0 0 .190
Kevin McGonigle SS 3 0 1 0 0 1 .282
Substitute: Colt Keith 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0 .255
Hao-Yu Lee SS 4 1 1 0 0 0 .256
Dillon Dingler C 3 1 2 2 1 0 .271
Riley Greene LF 3 0 0 0 0 1 .285
Substitute: James Outman CF 1 0 0 0 0 0 .152
Spencer Torkelson 1B 3 0 0 0 1 0 .205
Matt Vierling LF 4 0 2 0 0 0 .209
Ben Malgeri RF 4 0 1 0 0 0 .267
Jake Rogers P 3 0 0 0 1 1 .167
Totals 34 2 7 2 3 6
Detroit Tigers pitching, in the order they pitched
Pitcher Innings pitchedHits allowedRuns allowedEarned runsWalksStrikeoutsHome runs allowedNumber of pitchesSeason earned run average
Framber Valdez (L, 5-7) 0.2 5 6 6 2 1 0 42 4.57
Ty Madden 3.1 1 1 1 4 5 0 75 3.09
Brenan Hanifee 2.0 2 2 2 1 1 1 28 4.08
Zach McKinstry 1.0 2 2 2 3 0 0 28 18.00
Jake Rogers 1.0 1 0 0 1 2 0 23 0.00

Chicago Cubs

Chicago Cubs batting. Indented names came in as substitutes.
Batter Position At batsRunsHitsRuns batted inWalksStrikeoutsSeason batting average
Pete Crow-Armstrong CF 2 1 2 2 3 0 .285
Substitute: Justin Dean CF 1 0 0 0 0 1 .333
Seiya Suzuki DH 3 1 0 2 3 1 .270
Alex Bregman 3B 4 1 1 1 0 0 .241
Carson Kelly C 3 1 1 2 2 1 .268
Michael Busch 1B 5 1 1 1 0 3 .244
Nico Hoerner SS 5 1 1 0 0 0 .247
Ian Happ LF 3 1 1 1 1 1 .218
Dansby Swanson SS 3 3 2 0 1 0 .215
Substitute: Pedro Ramírez 2B 1 0 1 0 0 0 .286
Kevin Alcántara RF 2 0 0 0 0 2 .200
Substitute: Michael Conforto RF 2 1 1 2 1 0 .243
Totals 34 11 11 11 11 9
Chicago Cubs pitching, in the order they pitched
Pitcher Innings pitchedHits allowedRuns allowedEarned runsWalksStrikeoutsHome runs allowedNumber of pitchesSeason earned run average
David Peterson (W, 5-7) 6.2 3 0 0 1 4 0 94 5.97
Aaron Civale 2.1 4 2 2 2 2 1 47 5.49

Game info

Weather
82 degrees, Cloudy
Wind
14 mph, In From LF
First pitch
7:05 PM
Time of game
2:43
Attendance
39,039
Umpires
Home Plate: Nick Mahrley, First Base: Derek Thomas, Second Base: Marvin Hudson, Third Base: Tripp Gibson

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