Cubs Crush Rays, Snap Losing Streak

0:00On April 8th, the Cubs finally caught a break with a 9-2 Smackdown over the raise, snapping their early season blues after 10 games of tough, losses and injuries. Javier Assad, Alex Bregman, and Pete Crow Armstrong led the charge in this easy win, giving fans that feel good vibe they desperately needed. Pitching has been a nightmare for Chicago, with Kate Horton done for the year, and Matthew Boyd hitting the injured list with a bicep strain. Assad stepped up in his 2026 debut, tossing five and two-thirds scoreless innings, perfect through four, and allowing just one week, infield hit. Bregman shook off a brutal slump, where he was batting 150 despite crushing the ball hard. He ripped three hits against Tampa Bay, a single, a double that scored him, and another single joining six other Cubs with multi-hit nights. Crow Armstrong lit it up too, going three for five with three runs, a stolen base, and his first homer of the season, a bomb in the seventh. He started slow last year too, but that dinger kicked off a monster stretch.

1:03Maybe history repeats here. This blowout lifts the Cubs spirits as they head into a benzille brisk bobblehead giveaway Saturday, showing their talent can shine when it clicks. That's the story for today, MLB News. Today, driven by AI, I'm Corey, with the story.