Cubs and Angels meet to decide series winner

Los Angeles Angels (3-3) vs. Chicago Cubs (2-3)

Chicago; Wednesday, 2:20 p.m. EDT

PITCHING PROBABLES: Angels: Yusei Kikuchi (0-0, 4.15 ERA, 2.08 WHIP, three strikeouts); Cubs: Matthew Boyd (0-1, 14.73 ERA, 1.91 WHIP, seven strikeouts)

BOTTOM LINE: The Chicago Cubs and Los Angeles Angels play on Wednesday with the winner claiming the three-game series.

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.

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.

INJURIES: Cubs: Porter Hodge: 15-Day IL (elbow), Seiya Suzuki: 10-Day IL (knee), Justin Steele: 60-Day IL (elbow), Jordan Wicks: 15-Day IL (forearm), Shelby Miller: 60-Day IL (elbow), Christopher Austin: 60-Day IL (knee)

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

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.