The Houston Astros beat the Chicago Cubs 7-6 on May 17, 2023 at Daikin Park.
Final · Daikin Park
Top performers
- Seiya Suzuki went 3-for-3 with 2 home runs and 3 RBI for the Cubs.
- Drew Smyly pitched 6.0 innings for the Cubs, allowing 1 earned run with 8 strikeouts.
- Alex Bregman went 3-for-4 with 1 home run and 2 RBI for the Astros.
- Hector Neris pitched 1.0 innings for the Astros, allowing 0 earned runs with 1 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 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Yan Gomes | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Trey Mancini | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Christopher Morel | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Ian Happ | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Seiya Suzuki | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| Team | 27 | 6 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Drew Smyly | 6.0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 |
| Mark Leiter Jr. | 1.0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Adbert Alzolay | 1.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 8.0 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 1 |
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 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Yordan Alvarez | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Jeremy Pena | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jose Abreu | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Alex Bregman | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Jake Meyers | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Yainer Diaz | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mauricio Dubon | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 31 | 7 | 13 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 8 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hector Neris | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Rafael Montero | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Ryne Stanek | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Bryan Abreu | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Team | 4.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 0 |
Before and after
- Cubs · 2023 season · Previous May 16, 2023: CHC 3, HOU 7 · Next May 19, 2023: CHC 10, PHI 1
- Astros · 2023 season · Previous May 16, 2023: CHC 3, HOU 7 · Next May 19, 2023: ATH 1, HOU 5