Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE
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Tampa Bay 8,
Chi. Cubs 1
When: 7:10 PM ET, Wednesday, September 20, 2017
Where: Tropicana Field, St. Petersburg, Florida
Temperature: Indoors
Umpires: Home - Manny Gonzalez, 1B - Fieldin Culbreth, 2B - CB Bucknor, 3B - Mark Carlson
Attendance: 24238
Where: Tropicana Field, St. Petersburg, Florida
Temperature: Indoors
Umpires: Home - Manny Gonzalez, 1B - Fieldin Culbreth, 2B - CB Bucknor, 3B - Mark Carlson
Attendance: 24238
Final Scoring Summary
Chi. Cubs
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Ben Zobrist | RF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .234 |
| Leonys Martin | RF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .286 |
| Kris Bryant | 3B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .288 |
| Anthony Rizzo | 1B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .277 |
| Taylor Davis | 1B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .333 |
| Willson Contreras | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .278 |
| Rene Rivera | C | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .251 |
| Albert Almora Jr. | CF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .296 |
| Javier Baez | 2B-SS | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | .271 |
| Kyle Schwarber | LF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .207 |
| Addison Russell | SS | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .245 |
| Mike Freeman | 2B-SS | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .133 |
| Ian Happ | LF-2B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | .249 |
| Jon Jay | DH | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .286 |
| Totals | 29 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 14 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Rene Rivera (9), Mike Freeman (1) | |||||||||
| TB - Rene Rivera 2, Addison Russell, Mike Freeman 2, Jon Jay 2 | |||||||||
| RBI - Jon Jay (30) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Anthony Rizzo (47), Addison Russell (46), Mike Freeman (4), Jon Jay (38) | |||||||||
| S - Albert Almora Jr. (3) | |||||||||
| GIDP - Ben Zobrist (13), Ian Happ (12) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 6 | |||||||||
| Fielding | |||||||||
| PB - Willson Contreras (7) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Jon Lester (L 11-8) | 4.1 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4.56 |
| Justin Grimm | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5.90 |
| Justin Wilson | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5.79 |
| Dillon Maples | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 16.20 |
| Felix Pena | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5.59 |
| HBP - Evan Longoria (by Lester) | ||||||||
| Pitches-Strikes - Jon Lester 86-47, Justin Grimm 13-7, Justin Wilson 28-15, Dillon Maples 17-10, Felix Pena 27-15 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Jon Lester 6-1, Justin Grimm 1-0, Justin Wilson 0-2, Dillon Maples 0-0, Felix Pena 1-0 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Jon Lester 23, Justin Grimm 2, Justin Wilson 5, Dillon Maples 4, Felix Pena 6 | ||||||||
| Inherited Runners-Scored - Justin Grimm 2-1 | ||||||||
Tampa Bay
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Kevin Kiermaier | CF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .276 |
| Steven Souza Jr. | RF | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | .238 |
| Mallex Smith | LF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .267 |
| Evan Longoria | 3B | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .267 |
| Logan Morrison | 1B | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | .241 |
| Wilson Ramos | C | 4 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .251 |
| Curt Casali | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .333 |
| Adeiny Hechavarria | SS | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .245 |
| Cesar Puello | DH | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | .185 |
| Brad Miller | 2B | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .194 |
| Peter Bourjos | LF-RF | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .229 |
| Totals | 32 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 16 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| HR - Steven Souza Jr. (30) | |||||||||
| TB - Kevin Kiermaier, Steven Souza Jr. 4, Evan Longoria 2, Logan Morrison, Wilson Ramos 3, Brad Miller, Peter Bourjos | |||||||||
| RBI - Kevin Kiermaier (38), Steven Souza Jr. (78), Evan Longoria (82), Wilson Ramos 2 (26), Brad Miller (33), Peter Bourjos (12) | |||||||||
| 2-Out RBI - Evan Longoria (27) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Evan Longoria (43), Logan Morrison (63), Cesar Puello (4) | |||||||||
| GIDP - Steven Souza Jr. (8), Logan Morrison (11) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 8 | |||||||||
| Baserunning | |||||||||
| SB - Steven Souza Jr. 2 (16, 2nd off Lester/Contreras, 3rd off Lester/Contreras), Adeiny Hechavarria (3, 2nd off Lester/Contreras) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Blake Snell (W 4-6) | 7.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 4.01 |
| Ryne Stanek | 1.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6.88 |
| Chase Whitley | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3.36 |
| WP - Ryne Stanek | ||||||||
| Pitches-Strikes - Blake Snell 100-62, Ryne Stanek 25-15, Chase Whitley 17-13 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Blake Snell 8-2, Ryne Stanek 1-0, Chase Whitley 0-1 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Blake Snell 24, Ryne Stanek 6, Chase Whitley 4 | ||||||||