Seattle Mariners Defeat Chicago Cubs 6-5 in 10 Innings, Improve to 61-68

Final result

Seattle Mariners defeated Chicago Cubs 6-5 in 10 innings.

MLB data listed Chicago Cubs at 74-55 (.574).

MLB data listed Seattle Mariners at 61-68 (.473).

How the game changed

Scoring by inning: 1st — Chicago Cubs 3 runs; 2nd — Seattle Mariners 4 runs; 5th — Seattle Mariners 1 run; 8th — Chicago Cubs 1 run; 9th — Chicago Cubs 1 run; 10th — Seattle Mariners 1 run.

Alex Bregman (Chicago Cubs): 3 hits, 3 RBI, 2 home runs, 2 runs. Cal Raleigh (Seattle Mariners): 1 hit, 3 RBI, 1 home run, 1 run. Ian Happ (Chicago Cubs): 2 hits, 1 RBI, 1 home run, 1 run. Pete Crow-Armstrong (Chicago Cubs): 1 hit, 1 RBI, 1 home run, 1 run. Emerson Hancock (Seattle Mariners): 5.2 innings and 6 strikeouts. Brendan Donovan (Seattle Mariners): 2 hits, 1 RBI, 0 runs.

Pete Crow-Armstrong hit a home run for Chicago Cubs in the top of the 1st (1 RBI). Alex Bregman hit a home run for Chicago Cubs in the top of the 1st (2 RBI). Cal Raleigh hit a home run for Seattle Mariners in the bottom of the 2nd (3 RBI). Ian Happ hit a home run for Chicago Cubs in the top of the 8th (1 RBI). Alex Bregman hit a home run for Chicago Cubs in the top of the 9th (1 RBI).

Season and playoff context

This was Game 1 of 3 in the regular-season series.

In the 2026 standings, the Chicago Cubs were 74-55, 2nd in the division, 6.0 games back in the division, 1st in the wild-card standings, 5.0 games ahead in the wild-card race, wild-card leader, elimination number 28.

In the 2026 standings, the Seattle Mariners were 61-68, 3rd in the division, 4.0 games back in the division, 9th in the wild-card standings, 3.0 wild-card games back, elimination number 30, wild-card elimination number 31.

Official game sources

• MLB Stats API game feed
• MLB Stats API box score
• MLB Stats API line score
• MLB Stats API standings