Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE
| RECAP
Chi. Cubs 4,
Kansas City 3
When: 2:20 PM ET, Sunday, August 20, 2023
Where: Wrigley Field, Chicago, Illinois
Temperature: 85°
Umpires: Home - Chad Whitson, 1B - Roberto Ortiz, 2B - Rob Drake, 3B - Bill Miller
Attendance: 36949
Where: Wrigley Field, Chicago, Illinois
Temperature: 85°
Umpires: Home - Chad Whitson, 1B - Roberto Ortiz, 2B - Rob Drake, 3B - Bill Miller
Attendance: 36949
Final Scoring Summary
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Kansas City | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 0 |
| Chi. Cubs | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | - | 4 | 5 | 0 |
Kansas City
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| MJ Melendez | LF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .234 |
| Bobby Witt Jr. | SS | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .281 |
| Michael Massey | 2B | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .228 |
| Salvador Perez | C | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .254 |
| Nelson Velazquez | DH | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .276 |
| Kyle Isbel | CF | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .242 |
| Matt Duffy | 3B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .258 |
| Maikel Garcia | PH | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .286 |
| Matt Beaty | 1B | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .273 |
| Drew Waters | PH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .232 |
| Dairon Blanco | RF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .241 |
| Totals | 34 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 13 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - MJ Melendez (26) | |||||||||
| TB - MJ Melendez 2, Bobby Witt Jr., Michael Massey 2, Kyle Isbel 2, Maikel Garcia | |||||||||
| RBI - Michael Massey (42), Maikel Garcia (41), Drew Waters (24) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Bobby Witt Jr. 2 (34), Nelson Velazquez (5), Kyle Isbel (25), Dairon Blanco 2 (14) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 6 | |||||||||
| Baserunning | |||||||||
| SB - Bobby Witt Jr. (37, 2nd off Hendricks/Amaya), Michael Massey (6, 2nd off Hendricks/Amaya), Matt Duffy (1, 2nd off Hendricks/Amaya) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Jordan Lyles (L 3-14) | 8.0 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6.20 |
| Pitches-Strikes - Jordan Lyles 92-65 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Jordan Lyles 8-6 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Jordan Lyles 29 | ||||||||
Chi. Cubs
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Mike Tauchman | CF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .271 |
| Nico Hoerner | 2B | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .283 |
| Ian Happ | LF | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .241 |
| Cody Bellinger | 1B | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .324 |
| Dansby Swanson | SS | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .249 |
| Christopher Morel | DH | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .250 |
| Jeimer Candelario | 3B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .272 |
| Seiya Suzuki | RF | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .257 |
| Miguel Amaya | C | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .250 |
| Totals | 27 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 5 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 3B - Ian Happ (3) | |||||||||
| HR - Seiya Suzuki (12), Miguel Amaya (4) | |||||||||
| TB - Mike Tauchman, Nico Hoerner, Ian Happ 3, Seiya Suzuki 4, Miguel Amaya 4 | |||||||||
| RBI - Ian Happ (57), Cody Bellinger (64), Seiya Suzuki (43), Miguel Amaya (17) | |||||||||
| 2-Out RBI - Seiya Suzuki (12) | |||||||||
| SF - Cody Bellinger (9) | |||||||||
| GIDP - Nico Hoerner (10) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 1 | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Kyle Hendricks (W 5-6) | 6.1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3.83 |
| Mark Leiter Jr. (H 23) | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.70 |
| Julian Merryweather (H 13) | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3.58 |
| Adbert Alzolay (SV 18) | 1.0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.75 |
| HBP - Nelson Velazquez (by Alzolay) | ||||||||
| Pitches-Strikes - Kyle Hendricks 90-58, Mark Leiter Jr. 5-4, Julian Merryweather 10-8, Adbert Alzolay 22-15 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Kyle Hendricks 6-3, Mark Leiter Jr. 1-0, Julian Merryweather 0-1, Adbert Alzolay 2-1 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Kyle Hendricks 25, Mark Leiter Jr. 2, Julian Merryweather 3, Adbert Alzolay 6 | ||||||||