Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Washington 3,
Chi. Cubs 0
When: 8:05 PM ET, Wednesday, May 27, 2015
Where: Wrigley Field, Chicago, Illinois
Temperature: 70°
Umpires: Home - Hunter Wendelstedt, 1B - Bob Davidson, 2B - Ryan Blakney, 3B - Mike DiMuro
Attendance: 34215
Where: Wrigley Field, Chicago, Illinois
Temperature: 70°
Umpires: Home - Hunter Wendelstedt, 1B - Bob Davidson, 2B - Ryan Blakney, 3B - Mike DiMuro
Attendance: 34215
Final Scoring Summary
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Washington | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 0 |
| Chi. Cubs | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 |
Washington
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Denard Span | CF | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .325 |
| Ian Desmond | SS | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .257 |
| Yunel Escobar | 3B | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .311 |
| Bryce Harper | RF | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | .331 |
| Ryan Zimmerman | 1B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .227 |
| Wilson Ramos | C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | .273 |
| Dan Uggla | 2B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .206 |
| Casey Janssen | RP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Drew Storen | RP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Tyler Moore | LF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .208 |
| Michael Taylor | LF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .219 |
| Max Scherzer | SP | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .200 |
| Matthew Grace | RP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Danny Espinosa | 2B | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .256 |
| Totals | 37 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 20 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Ian Desmond 2 (16) | |||||||||
| HR - Bryce Harper (18), Danny Espinosa (6) | |||||||||
| TB - Denard Span 2, Ian Desmond 5, Yunel Escobar, Bryce Harper 4, Max Scherzer, Danny Espinosa 4 | |||||||||
| RBI - Bryce Harper (43), Danny Espinosa (14) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Yunel Escobar (18), Bryce Harper 2 (13), Tyler Moore (4) | |||||||||
| GIDP - Denard Span (3) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 10 | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Max Scherzer (W 6-3) | 7.0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 1.51 |
| Matthew Grace | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.25 |
| Casey Janssen (H 2) | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Drew Storen (SV 16) | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.84 |
| HBP - Anthony Rizzo (by Grace) | ||||||||
| Pitches-Strikes - Max Scherzer 108-72, Matthew Grace 6-2, Casey Janssen 12-8, Drew Storen 14-11 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Max Scherzer 1-5, Matthew Grace 0-0, Casey Janssen 2-0, Drew Storen 1-1 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Max Scherzer 27, Matthew Grace 2, Casey Janssen 3, Drew Storen 4 | ||||||||
| Inherited Runners-Scored - Casey Janssen 2-0 | ||||||||
Chi. Cubs
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Chris Coghlan | LF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | .209 |
| Jorge Soler | PH-RF | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .277 |
| Anthony Rizzo | 1B | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .315 |
| Kris Bryant | 3B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | .275 |
| Dexter Fowler | CF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | .247 |
| Starlin Castro | SS | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .270 |
| Junior Lake | RF-LF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .259 |
| David Ross | C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .162 |
| Miguel Montero | PH-C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .262 |
| Jon Lester | SP | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .000 |
| Mike Baxter | PH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 |
| James Russell | RP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Jason Motte | RP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Travis Wood | RP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .091 |
| Jonathan Herrera | PH | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .217 |
| Addison Russell | 2B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .252 |
| Totals | 33 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 17 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Jorge Soler (12), Junior Lake (2) | |||||||||
| TB - Jorge Soler 2, Anthony Rizzo, Starlin Castro 2, Junior Lake 2, Jonathan Herrera, Addison Russell | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Dexter Fowler (21), Starlin Castro 2 (21), Jon Lester (9) | |||||||||
| S - Dexter Fowler (2) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 9 | |||||||||
| Baserunning | |||||||||
| SB - Junior Lake (2, 3rd off Scherzer/Ramos) | |||||||||
| Fielding | |||||||||
| E - Addison Russell (7), Starlin Castro 2 (11) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Jon Lester (L 4-3) | 7.0 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 3.30 |
| James Russell | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2.00 |
| Jason Motte | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4.26 |
| Travis Wood | 1.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5.40 |
| Pitches-Strikes - Jon Lester 106-69, James Russell 5-1, Jason Motte 12-9, Travis Wood 23-12 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Jon Lester 9-0, James Russell 0-0, Jason Motte 0-0, Travis Wood 2-0 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Jon Lester 30, James Russell 1, Jason Motte 3, Travis Wood 6 | ||||||||
| Inherited Runners-Scored - Jason Motte 1-0 | ||||||||