The Chicago Cubs beat the Milwaukee Brewers 8-7 on May 31, 2022 at Wrigley Field.
Final · Wrigley Field
Top performers
- Victor Caratini went 2-for-3 with 1 home run and 3 RBI for the Brewers.
- Eric Lauer pitched 4.0 innings for the Brewers, allowing 2 earned runs with 6 strikeouts.
- Willson Contreras went 2-for-4 with 1 home run and 2 RBI for the Cubs.
- Justin Steele pitched 5.0 innings for the Cubs, allowing 3 earned runs with 6 strikeouts.
Milwaukee Brewers box score
Batting
| AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | HR: Home runs hit. | RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | SO: Times this batter struck out — lower is better. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andrew McCutchen | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Christian Yelich | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Lorenzo Cain | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rowdy Tellez | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Tyrone Taylor | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| Victor Caratini | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| Jace Peterson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Mike Brosseau | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Team | 29 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 9 |
Pitching
| IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | ER: Earned runs allowed — runs that scored without help from an error. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | K: Batters this pitcher struck out. | HR: Home runs hit. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eric Lauer | 4.0 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 1 |
| Brad Boxberger | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Brent Suter | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Hoby Milner | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 7.0 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 2 |
Chicago Cubs box score
Batting
| AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | HR: Home runs hit. | RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | SO: Times this batter struck out — lower is better. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nico Hoerner | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Frank Schwindel | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Willson Contreras | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Christopher Morel | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Ian Happ | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Andrelton Simmons | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Nick Madrigal | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| P.J. Higgins | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 27 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 5 |
Pitching
| IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | ER: Earned runs allowed — runs that scored without help from an error. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | K: Batters this pitcher struck out. | HR: Home runs hit. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Justin Steele | 5.0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 0 |
| Mychal Givens | 1.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| David Robertson | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 7.1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 0 |
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