The Cincinnati Reds beat the Chicago Cubs 8-5 on May 28, 2023 at Wrigley Field.
Final · Wrigley Field
Top performers
- Spencer Steer went 2-for-5 with 1 home run and 2 RBI for the Reds.
- Graham Ashcraft pitched 5.0 innings for the Reds, allowing 3 earned runs with 6 strikeouts.
- Dansby Swanson went 2-for-4 for the Cubs.
- Drew Smyly pitched 4.2 innings for the Cubs, allowing 5 earned runs with 2 strikeouts.
Cincinnati Reds 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spencer Steer | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Matt McLain | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Tyler Stephenson | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Jonathan India | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| TJ Friedl | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Stuart Fairchild | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 23 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Graham Ashcraft | 5.0 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 1 |
| Lucas Sims | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Ian Gibaut | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kevin Herget | 1.0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Alexis Diaz | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Team | 9.0 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ian Happ | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Nico Hoerner | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Dansby Swanson | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Seiya Suzuki | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Christopher Morel | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Yan Gomes | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Trey Mancini | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Team | 28 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 10 |
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 | 4.2 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Michael Rucker | 2.0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Michael Fulmer | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jeremiah Estrada | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 7.2 | 13 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 0 |
Before and after
- Reds · 2023 season · Previous May 27, 2023: CIN 8, CHC 5 · Next May 30, 2023: CIN 9, BOS 8
- Cubs · 2023 season · Previous May 27, 2023: CIN 8, CHC 5 · Next May 29, 2023: TB 0, CHC 1