Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE
| RECAP
Kansas City 4,
Chi. Cubs 3
When: 2:20 PM ET, Friday, August 18, 2023
Where: Wrigley Field, Chicago, Illinois
Temperature: 73°
Umpires: Home - Rob Drake, 1B - Bill Miller, 2B - Chad Whitson, 3B - Roberto Ortiz
Attendance: 37936
Where: Wrigley Field, Chicago, Illinois
Temperature: 73°
Umpires: Home - Rob Drake, 1B - Bill Miller, 2B - Chad Whitson, 3B - Roberto Ortiz
Attendance: 37936
Final Scoring Summary
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Kansas City | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 1 |
| Chi. Cubs | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 2 |
Kansas City
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Maikel Garcia | 3B | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .284 |
| Matt Duffy | 3B | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .269 |
| Bobby Witt Jr. | SS | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .278 |
| Michael Massey | 2B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .225 |
| Salvador Perez | 1B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .254 |
| MJ Melendez | DH | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .235 |
| Freddy Fermin | C | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .299 |
| Drew Waters | RF | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .237 |
| Nelson Velazquez | LF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .308 |
| Dairon Blanco | LF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .250 |
| Kyle Isbel | CF | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .234 |
| Totals | 32 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 12 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - MJ Melendez (25) | |||||||||
| HR - Bobby Witt Jr. (24) | |||||||||
| TB - Matt Duffy, Bobby Witt Jr. 5, MJ Melendez 2, Freddy Fermin, Drew Waters, Kyle Isbel | |||||||||
| RBI - Bobby Witt Jr. 2 (78), Salvador Perez (55), Kyle Isbel (21) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Salvador Perez (35), Kyle Isbel (24) | |||||||||
| SF - Salvador Perez (5) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 3 | |||||||||
| Baserunning | |||||||||
| CS - MJ Melendez (3, 3rd by Taillon/Gomes) | |||||||||
| SB - Drew Waters (8, 2nd off Taillon/Gomes) | |||||||||
| Fielding | |||||||||
| E - Matt Duffy (9) | |||||||||
| Outfield Assists - Drew Waters (Hoerner at 2nd) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Cole Ragans (W 4-4) | 6.0 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 4.08 |
| Dylan Coleman (H 5) | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7.85 |
| Taylor Clarke (H 11) | 0.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5.79 |
| Austin Cox (H 4) | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3.73 |
| Carlos Hernandez (SV 2) | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4.40 |
| WP - Dylan Coleman | ||||||||
| Pitches-Strikes - Cole Ragans 106-72, Dylan Coleman 19-9, Taylor Clarke 15-9, Austin Cox 8-4, Carlos Hernandez 26-18 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Cole Ragans 2-3, Dylan Coleman 0-1, Taylor Clarke 0-1, Austin Cox 1-0, Carlos Hernandez 0-0 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Cole Ragans 27, Dylan Coleman 4, Taylor Clarke 3, Austin Cox 2, Carlos Hernandez 4 | ||||||||
| Inherited Runners-Scored - Austin Cox 1-0 | ||||||||
Chi. Cubs
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Christopher Morel | DH | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .256 |
| Nico Hoerner | 2B | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .284 |
| Ian Happ | LF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | .240 |
| Cody Bellinger | CF | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .323 |
| Dansby Swanson | SS | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .251 |
| Yan Gomes | C | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .269 |
| Seiya Suzuki | RF | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .255 |
| Jeimer Candelario | 3B-1B | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .274 |
| Patrick Wisdom | 1B | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .199 |
| Nick Madrigal | PH-3B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .269 |
| Totals | 35 | 3 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 18 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Yan Gomes (14) | |||||||||
| TB - Nico Hoerner 3, Ian Happ, Yan Gomes 3, Seiya Suzuki 2, Jeimer Candelario, Patrick Wisdom | |||||||||
| RBI - Christopher Morel (60), Nico Hoerner (60), Jeimer Candelario (57) | |||||||||
| 2-Out RBI - Nico Hoerner (24) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Cody Bellinger (31), Dansby Swanson (50), Nick Madrigal (21) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 10 | |||||||||
| Baserunning | |||||||||
| CS - Christopher Morel (2, Home by Ragans/Fermin) | |||||||||
| Fielding | |||||||||
| E - Jeimer Candelario (8), Patrick Wisdom (12) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Jameson Taillon (L 7-8) | 6.0 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5.56 |
| Michael Fulmer | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3.98 |
| Jose Cuas | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Drew Smyly | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4.92 |
| WP - Jose Cuas | ||||||||
| Pitches-Strikes - Jameson Taillon 91-65, Michael Fulmer 14-9, Jose Cuas 18-11, Drew Smyly 9-7 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Jameson Taillon 5-6, Michael Fulmer 1-2, Jose Cuas 1-1, Drew Smyly 1-1 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Jameson Taillon 23, Michael Fulmer 4, Jose Cuas 4, Drew Smyly 3 | ||||||||