The St. Louis Cardinals beat the Chicago Cubs 6-4 on May 9, 2023 at Wrigley Field.
Final · Wrigley Field
Top performers
- Lars Nootbaar went 1-for-4 with 1 home run and 1 RBI for the Cardinals.
- Jack Flaherty pitched 5.0 innings for the Cardinals, allowing 3 earned runs with 3 strikeouts.
- Dansby Swanson went 3-for-5 with 1 home run and 3 RBI for the Cubs.
- Javier Assad pitched 5.1 innings for the Cubs, allowing 2 earned runs with 1 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 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Nolan Arenado | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Andrew Knizner | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Lars Nootbaar | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Nolan Gorman | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Willson Contreras | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Brendan Donovan | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 27 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jack Flaherty | 5.0 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 1 |
| Andre Pallante | 1.2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Giovanny Gallegos | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 7.2 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dansby Swanson | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Eric Hosmer | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Nick Madrigal | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Christopher Morel | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Miguel Amaya | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Cody Bellinger | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Ian Happ | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Seiya Suzuki | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Team | 28 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Javier Assad | 5.1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Jameson Taillon | 2.2 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 2 |
| Michael Rucker | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 8.2 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 3 |
Before and after
- Cardinals · 2023 season · Previous May 8, 2023: STL 3, CHC 1 · Next May 10, 2023: STL 4, CHC 10
- Cubs · 2023 season · Previous May 8, 2023: STL 3, CHC 1 · Next May 10, 2023: STL 4, CHC 10