Texas Rangers at Chicago Cubs

Apr 7, 2025, 11:40 PM · Major League Baseball

Texas Rangers

8-3, 2-2 Away

Final
0 - 7

Chicago Cubs

8-5, 3-3 Home

Steele tosses 7 innings as the Cubs pound the Rangers 7-0 on frigid night

Michael Busch doubled and scored in the second. He also chased Nathan Eovaldi with an RBI triple in the fifth that made it 3-0.

Ian Happ had three RBI. His two-run single highlighted a four-run sixth, and the Cubs won for the sixth time in seven games on a 34-degree night.

Steele (3-1) won his third straight start since a loss to the Los Angeles Dodgers in Tokyo on March 19. The left-hander struck out eight and walked two.

Colin Rea worked two innings to finish Chicago's first shutout this year.

The Rangers had won five straight and eight of 10 to start the season.

Eovaldi (1-1) lasted just 4 2/3 innings, allowing three runs and four hits, after shutting out Cincinnati on Tuesday in the majors’ first complete game this season. The 35-year-old right-hander walked two and hit two batters.

Key moment The Cubs had runners on second and third with two out in the sixth when Happ broke the game open with a two-run single against Gerson Garabito. He then stole second and scored on Kyle Tucker’s single. Tucker took second on the throw home and came around on Seiya Suzuki’s single.

Key stat The 34-degree gametime temperature was the coldest at Wrigley Field since April 18, 2011, when it was 34 for the first pitch against San Diego. By comparison, it was 38 when the Blackhawks played the St. Louis Blues in the NHL Winter Classic on New Year’s Eve. For Texas, the lowest gametime temperature was 33 at Milwaukee on April 10, 1989.

Up next Veteran LHP Patrick Corbin makes his Rangers debut on Tuesday night, and RHP Jameson Taillon (1-1, 6.97 ERA) gets the ball for the Cubs.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Taveras popped out to third.
	9th Inning	Langford flied out to center.
	9th Inning	Ornelas struck out swinging.
	8th Inning	Tucker struck out swinging.
	8th Inning	Happ grounded into double play, second to shortstop to first, Workman out at second.
	8th Inning	Workman walked.

Statistics

TEX		CHC
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	2
8	Ground Balls	14
9	Strikeouts	7
0	Runs Batted In	7
0	Sacrifice Hit	1
3	Hits	10
0	Stolen Bases	5
2	Walks	3
0	Catcher Interference	0
0	Runs	7
0	Ground Into Double Play	2
0	Sacrifice Flies	1
29	At Bats	31
0	Home Runs	0
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
6	Runners Left On Base	17
0	Triples	1
0	Game Winning RBIs	1
0	Intentional Walks	0
0	Doubles	1
12	Fly Balls	12
1	Caught Stealing	0
114	Pitches	138
0	Games Started	0
0	Pinch At Bats	0
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
1	Is Qualified In Steals	1
3	Total Bases	13
31	Plate Appearances	38
0.0	Projected Home Runs	0.0
0	Extra Base Hits	2
-0.9	Runs Created	6.1
.103	Batting Average	.323
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.103	Slugging Percentage	.419
.034	Secondary Average	.355
.161	On Base Percentage	.405
.265	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.825
0.7	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	1.2
-0.9	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	6.6
3.0	Batter Rating	47.5
0.0	At Bats Per Home Run	0.0
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	1.00
3.68	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.63
.000	Isolated Power	.097
0.22	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.43
.065	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.079
-.069	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.032
0.0	Runs Produced	14.0
0.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.2	Patience Ratio	0.5
0.2	Balls In Play Average	0.4
56.5	MLB Rating	92.0
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0