The Chicago Cubs beat the Washington Nationals 6-3 on Aug 8, 2022 at Wrigley Field.
Final · Wrigley Field
Top performers
- Joey Meneses went 1-for-1 with 1 home run and 2 RBI for the Nationals.
- Anibal Sanchez pitched 5.0 innings for the Nationals, allowing 4 earned runs with 3 strikeouts.
- Christopher Morel went 2-for-4 with 1 home run and 2 RBI for the Cubs.
- Michael Rucker pitched 1.0 innings for the Cubs, allowing 0 earned runs with 1 strikeouts.
Washington Nationals 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nelson Cruz | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cesar Hernandez | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Victor Robles | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Luke Voit | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Keibert Ruiz | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Luis Garcia Jr. | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Maikel Franco | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lane Thomas | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Joey Meneses | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 30 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anibal Sanchez | 5.0 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
| Steve Cishek | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Hunter Harvey | 1.0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 7.0 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Willson Contreras | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ian Happ | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Rafael Ortega | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Christopher Morel | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Nelson Velazquez | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Nico Hoerner | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Seiya Suzuki | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Nick Madrigal | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Team | 27 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 5 |
Before and after
- Nationals · 2022 season · Previous Aug 7, 2022: WSH 1, PHI 13 · Next Aug 9, 2022: WSH 6, CHC 5
- Cubs · 2022 season · Previous Aug 7, 2022: MIA 3, CHC 0 · Next Aug 9, 2022: WSH 6, CHC 5