The St. Louis Cardinals beat the Chicago Cubs 3-1 on May 8, 2023 at Wrigley Field.
Final · Wrigley Field
Top performers
- Willson Contreras went 2-for-4 with 2 RBI for the Cardinals.
- Miles Mikolas pitched 4.1 innings for the Cardinals, allowing 1 earned run with 7 strikeouts.
- Dansby Swanson went 1-for-3 with 1 RBI for the Cubs.
- Marcus Stroman pitched 6.0 innings for the Cubs, allowing 2 earned runs with 6 strikeouts.
St. Louis Cardinals 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paul Goldschmidt | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Willson Contreras | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Tommy Edman | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Nolan Gorman | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brendan Donovan | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Andrew Knizner | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Lars Nootbaar | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Team | 25 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miles Mikolas | 4.1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 0 |
| Jordan Hicks | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Ryan Helsley | 1.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Genesis Cabrera | 1.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 9.0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 0 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cody Bellinger | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Trey Mancini | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Seiya Suzuki | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Dansby Swanson | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Ian Happ | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Nico Hoerner | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nick Madrigal | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Miguel Amaya | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Eric Hosmer | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tucker Barnhart | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Team | 27 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marcus Stroman | 6.0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 0 |
| Brad Boxberger | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Michael Fulmer | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 8.0 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 0 |
Before and after
- Cardinals · 2023 season · Previous May 7, 2023: DET 6, STL 12 · Next May 9, 2023: STL 6, CHC 4
- Cubs · 2023 season · Previous May 7, 2023: MIA 5, CHC 4 · Next May 9, 2023: STL 6, CHC 4