The Tampa Bay Rays beat the Chicago Cubs 4-3 on May 31, 2023 at Wrigley Field.
Final · Wrigley Field
Top performers
- Brandon Lowe went 1-for-4 with 1 home run and 2 RBI for the Rays.
- Zach Eflin pitched 6.0 innings for the Rays, allowing 3 earned runs with 5 strikeouts.
- Ian Happ went 1-for-4 with 1 RBI for the Cubs.
- Hayden Wesneski pitched 3.2 innings for the Cubs, allowing 1 earned run with 4 strikeouts.
Tampa Bay Rays 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yandy Diaz | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Brandon Lowe | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Christian Bethancourt | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Isaac Paredes | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Randy Arozarena | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Jose Siri | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Manuel Margot | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Taylor Walls | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Josh Lowe | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 28 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 7 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zach Eflin | 6.0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
| Jason Adam | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| Colin Poche | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jalen Beeks | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Kevin Kelly | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 9.0 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dansby Swanson | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Ian Happ | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Seiya Suzuki | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Nico Hoerner | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Tucker Barnhart | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Yan Gomes | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Trey Mancini | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Christopher Morel | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Team | 20 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hayden Wesneski | 3.2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 |
| Justin Steele | 3.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Adbert Alzolay | 1.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Michael Fulmer | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Mark Leiter Jr. | 0.1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Team | 8.1 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 2 |
Before and after
- Rays · 2023 season · Previous May 30, 2023: TB 1, CHC 2 · Next Jun 2, 2023: TB at BOS
- Cubs · 2023 season · Previous May 30, 2023: TB 1, CHC 2 · Next Jun 2, 2023: CHC 2, SD 1