The Washington Nationals beat the Chicago Cubs 6-5 on Aug 9, 2022 at Wrigley Field.
Final · Wrigley Field
Top performers
- Keibert Ruiz went 2-for-3 with 2 home runs and 4 RBI for the Nationals.
- Paolo Espino pitched 5.0 innings for the Nationals, allowing 1 earned run with 5 strikeouts.
- Seiya Suzuki went 3-for-5 with 1 home run and 1 RBI for the Cubs.
- Marcus Stroman pitched 5.0 innings for the Cubs, allowing 4 earned runs with 6 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cesar Hernandez | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ildemaro Vargas | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Lane Thomas | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Luis Garcia Jr. | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Joey Meneses | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Luke Voit | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Keibert Ruiz | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| Nelson Cruz | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Maikel Franco | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 30 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 8 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paolo Espino | 5.0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| Carl Edwards Jr. | 1.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| Erasmo Ramirez | 1.0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kyle Finnegan | 1.0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 8.1 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 1 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ian Happ | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Rafael Ortega | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Nico Hoerner | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Seiya Suzuki | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Willson Contreras | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Zach McKinstry | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Franmil Reyes | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Christopher Morel | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Nelson Velazquez | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 36 | 5 | 14 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 8 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marcus Stroman | 5.0 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 2 |
| Mark Leiter Jr. | 2.0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| Team | 7.0 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 3 |
Before and after
- Nationals · 2022 season · Previous Aug 8, 2022: WSH 3, CHC 6 · Next Aug 10, 2022: WSH 2, CHC 4
- Cubs · 2022 season · Previous Aug 8, 2022: WSH 3, CHC 6 · Next Aug 10, 2022: WSH 2, CHC 4