Milwaukee Brewers at Chicago Cubs: Final Score & Recap
Line Score
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MIL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| CHC | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | - | 12 | 12 | 0 |
The Story
The Chicago Cubs routed the Milwaukee Brewers 12-0 at Sloan Park on March 22, 2026, delivering a dominant shutout in which the DiamondIQ model's estimate of a Chicago win climbed from 56% before first pitch all the way to 100% by the final out. The Cubs scattered their 12 runs across three productive innings, plating three in the second, two in the third, four in the fifth, and three in the seventh while holding Milwaukee to six hits and no runs across all nine frames.
The pivotal sequence came in the bottom of the second, where a Michael Busch groundout added 9.4% to Chicago's win probability, the single largest swing of the game, before Dansby Swanson followed with a single that added another 6.3%. Moisés Ballesteros contributed a double in the same frame, pushing the Cubs' advantage further before starter Chad Patrick could escape the inning. The third inning brought consecutive home runs from Alex Bregman and Ian Happ off Patrick, worth 6.0% and 4.3% respectively, effectively putting the game out of reach before it reached the midpoint.
Among the standout performers by the DiamondIQ model's metrics, Cade Horton led all pitchers with a WPA of plus 11.1%, anchoring the shutout on the mound. At the plate, Busch finished with a WPA of plus 8.7% and an RE24 of plus 0.2, while Bregman posted a WPA of plus 6.6% and the game's best RE24 among position players at plus 1.5. Swanson added a WPA of plus 6.0% and an RE24 of plus 0.8, rounding out a Cubs lineup that produced cleanly and without error against a Milwaukee side that never generated meaningful threat.