The Chicago Cubs beat the Washington Nationals 5-1 on May 1, 2023 at Nationals Park.
Final · Nationals Park
Top performers
- Dansby Swanson went 3-for-5 with 1 home run and 2 RBI for the Cubs.
- Drew Smyly pitched 7.0 innings for the Cubs, allowing 1 earned run with 2 strikeouts.
- Lane Thomas went 1-for-3 with 1 home run and 1 RBI for the Nationals.
- MacKenzie Gore pitched 4.0 innings for the Nationals, allowing 4 earned runs with 4 strikeouts.
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 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Nico Hoerner | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cody Bellinger | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Trey Mancini | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Nick Madrigal | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tucker Barnhart | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Seiya Suzuki | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Ian Happ | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Nelson Velazquez | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Yan Gomes | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Team | 33 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 6 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Drew Smyly | 7.0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Brad Boxberger | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mark Leiter Jr. | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Team | 9.0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jeimer Candelario | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Keibert Ruiz | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Luis Garcia Jr. | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Alex Call | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Joey Meneses | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Dominic Smith | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Victor Robles | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lane Thomas | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| CJ Abrams | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Team | 32 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
Before and after
- Cubs · 2023 season · Previous Apr 30, 2023: CHC 3, MIA 4 · Next May 2, 2023: CHC 1, WSH 4
- Nationals · 2023 season · Previous Apr 30, 2023: PIT 2, WSH 7 · Next May 2, 2023: CHC 1, WSH 4