{"id":246726,"date":"2026-04-01T14:07:42","date_gmt":"2026-04-01T14:07:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/246726\/"},"modified":"2026-04-01T14:07:42","modified_gmt":"2026-04-01T14:07:42","slug":"cubs-and-angels-meet-to-decide-series-winner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/246726\/","title":{"rendered":"Cubs and Angels meet to decide series winner"},"content":{"rendered":"

Los Angeles Angels<\/a> (3-3) vs. Chicago Cubs<\/a> (2-3)<\/p>\n

Chicago; Wednesday, 2:20 p.m. EDT<\/p>\n

PITCHING PROBABLES: Angels: Yusei Kikuchi<\/a> (0-0, 4.15 ERA, 2.08 WHIP, three strikeouts); Cubs: Matthew Boyd<\/a> (0-1, 14.73 ERA, 1.91 WHIP, seven strikeouts)<\/p>\n

Cubs -165, Angels +139; over\/under is 6 1\/2 runs<\/p>\n

BOTTOM LINE: The Chicago Cubs and Los Angeles Angels play on Wednesday with the winner claiming the three-game series.<\/p>\n

Chicago went 92-70 overall and 50-31 in home games last season. The Cubs averaged 8.5 hits per game in the 2025 season with 3.2 extra base hits per game.<\/p>\n

Los Angeles had a 72-90 record overall and a 33-48 record in road games last season. The Angels averaged 7.5 hits per game last season and totaled 226 home runs.<\/p>\n

INJURIES: Cubs: Porter Hodge: 15-Day IL (elbow), Seiya Suzuki<\/a>: 10-Day IL (knee), Justin Steele<\/a>: 60-Day IL (elbow), Jordan Wicks: 15-Day IL (forearm), Shelby Miller<\/a>: 60-Day IL (elbow), Christopher Austin: 60-Day IL (knee)<\/p>\n

Angels: Kirby Yates: 15-Day IL (knee), Robert Stephenson<\/a>: 60-Day IL (elbow), Vaughn Grissom<\/a>: 10-Day IL (hand), Grayson Rodriguez: 15-Day IL (arm), Ben Joyce: 15-Day IL (shoulder), Anthony Rendon<\/a>: 60-Day IL (hip), Alek Manoah: 15-Day IL (finger)<\/p>\n

——<\/p>\n

The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive<\/a> and data from Sportradar<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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