The Houston Astros beat the Chicago Cubs 7-3 on May 16, 2023 at Daikin Park.
Final · Daikin Park
Top performers
- Seiya Suzuki went 2-for-4 with 1 home run and 2 RBI for the Cubs.
- Justin Steele pitched 6.0 innings for the Cubs, allowing 5 earned runs with 8 strikeouts.
- Yordan Alvarez went 2-for-4 with 2 RBI for the Astros.
- Cristian Javier pitched 6.0 innings for the Astros, allowing 1 earned run with 5 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 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Ian Happ | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Nick Madrigal | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Seiya Suzuki | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Christopher Morel | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Eric Hosmer | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tucker Barnhart | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Trey Mancini | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 24 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
Houston Astros 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kyle Tucker | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Mauricio Dubon | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Yordan Alvarez | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Jeremy Pena | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Martin Maldonado | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Jose Abreu | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Alex Bregman | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 23 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cristian Javier | 6.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 1 |
| Matt Gage | 2.0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| Phil Maton | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Team | 9.0 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 2 |
Before and after
- Cubs · 2023 season · Previous May 15, 2023: CHC 4, HOU 6 · Next May 17, 2023: CHC 6, HOU 7
- Astros · 2023 season · Previous May 15, 2023: CHC 4, HOU 6 · Next May 17, 2023: CHC 6, HOU 7