The Chicago Cubs beat the Atlanta Braves 8-6 on Aug 5, 2023 at Wrigley Field.
Final · Wrigley Field
Top performers
- Matt Olson went 1-for-5 with 1 home run and 2 RBI for the Braves.
- Bryce Elder pitched 4.1 innings for the Braves, allowing 5 earned runs with 3 strikeouts.
- Dansby Swanson went 1-for-4 with 1 home run and 2 RBI for the Cubs.
- Javier Assad pitched 3.2 innings for the Cubs, allowing 2 earned runs with 3 strikeouts.
Atlanta Braves 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Matt Olson | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Ronald Acuna Jr. | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Sean Murphy | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ozzie Albies | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Austin Riley | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Travis d'Arnaud | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Marcell Ozuna | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Eddie Rosario | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Orlando Arcia | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Michael Harris II | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 33 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bryce Elder | 4.1 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 |
| A.J. Minter | 1.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Pierce Johnson | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 6.1 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 3 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yan Gomes | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Jeimer Candelario | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Dansby Swanson | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Ian Happ | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Nico Hoerner | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Nick Madrigal | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Christopher Morel | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Cody Bellinger | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 31 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Javier Assad | 3.2 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| Michael Fulmer | 1.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Adbert Alzolay | 1.0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Mark Leiter Jr. | 0.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Daniel Palencia | 0.1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 7.0 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 2 |
Before and after
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