The Texas Rangers beat the Chicago Cubs 8-2 on Apr 9, 2023 at Wrigley Field.
Final · Wrigley Field
Top performers
- Marcus Semien went 2-for-5 with 3 RBI for the Rangers.
- Jon Gray pitched 5.2 innings for the Rangers, allowing 2 earned runs with 4 strikeouts.
- Tucker Barnhart went 2-for-2 for the Cubs.
- Jameson Taillon pitched 5.0 innings for the Cubs, allowing 4 earned runs with 7 strikeouts.
Texas Rangers 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marcus Semien | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| Adolis Garcia | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Nathaniel Lowe | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Josh Jung | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Corey Seager | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Jonah Heim | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Josh Smith | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Travis Jankowski | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Team | 35 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 10 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jon Gray | 5.2 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 |
| Will Smith | 1.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Jose Leclerc | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Cole Ragans | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 9.0 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dansby Swanson | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Trey Mancini | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Nick Madrigal | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Cody Bellinger | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Ian Happ | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Nico Hoerner | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Eric Hosmer | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tucker Barnhart | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Luis Torrens | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 26 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jameson Taillon | 5.0 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 0 |
| Javier Assad | 3.0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| Team | 8.0 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 10 | 0 |
Before and after
- Rangers · 2023 season · Previous Apr 8, 2023: TEX 3, CHC 10 · Next Apr 10, 2023: KC 2, TEX 11
- Cubs · 2023 season · Previous Apr 8, 2023: TEX 3, CHC 10 · Next Apr 10, 2023: SEA 2, CHC 3