The Chicago Cubs beat the Atlanta Braves 6-4 on Aug 6, 2023 at Wrigley Field.
Final · Wrigley Field
Top performers
- Matt Olson went 2-for-4 with 1 home run and 3 RBI for the Braves.
- Charlie Morton pitched 4.1 innings for the Braves, allowing 5 earned runs with 4 strikeouts.
- Dansby Swanson went 1-for-3 with 2 RBI for the Cubs.
- Justin Steele pitched 5.1 innings for the Cubs, allowing 3 earned runs with 7 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Travis d'Arnaud | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Ozzie Albies | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Austin Riley | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Matt Olson | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| Ronald Acuna Jr. | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Michael Harris II | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Marcell Ozuna | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Kevin Pillar | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Orlando Arcia | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Eddie Rosario | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 36 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 13 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charlie Morton | 4.1 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| Brad Hand | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kirby Yates | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Joe Jimenez | 1.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Collin McHugh | 0.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 8.0 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ian Happ | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Nick Madrigal | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Dansby Swanson | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Cody Bellinger | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Nico Hoerner | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Christopher Morel | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Jeimer Candelario | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Miguel Amaya | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Team | 25 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 4 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Justin Steele | 5.1 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 1 |
| Mark Leiter Jr. | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Adbert Alzolay | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Jose Cuas | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Michael Fulmer | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Team | 9.0 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 1 |
Before and after
- Braves · 2023 season · Previous Aug 5, 2023: ATL 6, CHC 8 · Next Aug 7, 2023: ATL 6, PIT 7
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