Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE
| RECAP
Chi. Cubs 6,
Cincinnati 2
When: 1:10 PM ET, Friday, September 1, 2023
Where: Great American Ball Park, Cincinnati, Ohio
Temperature: 80°
Umpires: Home - Andy Fletcher, 1B - John Bacon, 2B - Lazaro Diaz, 3B - Mike Estabrook
Attendance: 21480
Where: Great American Ball Park, Cincinnati, Ohio
Temperature: 80°
Umpires: Home - Andy Fletcher, 1B - John Bacon, 2B - Lazaro Diaz, 3B - Mike Estabrook
Attendance: 21480
Final Scoring Summary
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Chi. Cubs | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 0 |
| Cincinnati | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 0 |
Chi. Cubs
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Mike Tauchman | CF | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .257 |
| Nico Hoerner | 2B | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .280 |
| Ian Happ | LF | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .246 |
| Cody Bellinger | 1B | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .317 |
| Dansby Swanson | SS | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .246 |
| Seiya Suzuki | RF | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .263 |
| Christopher Morel | DH | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .248 |
| Jeimer Candelario | PH-DH | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .260 |
| Miguel Amaya | C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | .224 |
| Nick Madrigal | 3B | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .272 |
| Totals | 36 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 16 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Ian Happ (28) | |||||||||
| HR - Ian Happ (17), Cody Bellinger (21), Seiya Suzuki (14) | |||||||||
| TB - Mike Tauchman, Nico Hoerner 2, Ian Happ 6, Cody Bellinger 5, Dansby Swanson, Seiya Suzuki 4, Nick Madrigal | |||||||||
| RBI - Ian Happ 2 (67), Cody Bellinger 3 (80), Seiya Suzuki (49) | |||||||||
| 2-Out RBI - Cody Bellinger (26) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Cody Bellinger (33), Miguel Amaya (11) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 9 | |||||||||
| Baserunning | |||||||||
| CS - Nico Hoerner (6, 2nd by Ashcraft/Stephenson) | |||||||||
| SB - Cody Bellinger (19, 2nd off Sims/Stephenson) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Jordan Wicks (W 2-0) | 5.0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1.80 |
| Daniel Palencia (H 1) | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.86 |
| Julian Merryweather (H 16) | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3.25 |
| Keegan Thompson (SV 1) | 2.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3.91 |
| WP - Jordan Wicks, Julian Merryweather | ||||||||
| HBP - TJ Friedl (by Merryweather), Nick Martini (by Thompson) | ||||||||
| Pitches-Strikes - Jordan Wicks 90-51, Daniel Palencia 7-5, Julian Merryweather 16-7, Keegan Thompson 28-19 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Jordan Wicks 4-5, Daniel Palencia 1-2, Julian Merryweather 2-0, Keegan Thompson 4-0 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Jordan Wicks 23, Daniel Palencia 3, Julian Merryweather 4, Keegan Thompson 9 | ||||||||
Cincinnati
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Harrison Bader | CF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 |
| Jake Fraley | PH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .262 |
| Daniel Duarte | RP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Derek Law | RP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Will Benson | PH | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .265 |
| Spencer Steer | 2B | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .270 |
| Elly De La Cruz | SS | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | .242 |
| Hunter Renfroe | RF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .000 |
| Christian Encarnacion-Strand | 1B-1B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .245 |
| Nick Senzel | 3B | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .221 |
| Nick Martini | PH-LF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .280 |
| Tyler Stephenson | C | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .246 |
| Noelvi Marte | DH-3B | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .211 |
| Stuart Fairchild | LF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .225 |
| TJ Friedl | PH-CF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .267 |
| Totals | 32 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 18 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| TB - Will Benson, Spencer Steer 2, Nick Senzel, Tyler Stephenson, Noelvi Marte 2 | |||||||||
| RBI - Will Benson (25), Noelvi Marte (3) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Harrison Bader (1), Elly De La Cruz (31), Hunter Renfroe (1), Christian Encarnacion-Strand (13), Stuart Fairchild (30) | |||||||||
| S - Elly De La Cruz (1) | |||||||||
| GIDP - Elly De La Cruz (5) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 10 | |||||||||
| Baserunning | |||||||||
| SB - Elly De La Cruz (24, 2nd off Wicks/Amaya) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Graham Ashcraft (L 7-9) | 5.0 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 4.76 |
| Lucas Sims | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3.66 |
| Daniel Duarte | 1.2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3.63 |
| Derek Law | 1.1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3.23 |
| Pitches-Strikes - Graham Ashcraft 72-49, Lucas Sims 26-17, Daniel Duarte 40-20, Derek Law 34-25 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Graham Ashcraft 1-5, Lucas Sims 0-0, Daniel Duarte 2-0, Derek Law 1-1 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Graham Ashcraft 21, Lucas Sims 5, Daniel Duarte 9, Derek Law 7 | ||||||||
| Inherited Runners-Scored - Lucas Sims 2-2, Derek Law 1-0 | ||||||||