The Chicago Cubs beat the Toronto Blue Jays 5-4 on Aug 12, 2023 at Rogers Centre.
Final · Rogers Centre
Top performers
- Dansby Swanson went 1-for-4 with 1 home run and 3 RBI for the Cubs.
- Justin Steele pitched 5.0 innings for the Cubs, allowing 3 earned runs with 7 strikeouts.
- Whit Merrifield went 1-for-5 with 1 home run and 2 RBI for the Blue Jays.
- Chris Bassitt pitched 6.0 innings for the Blue Jays, allowing 4 earned runs with 6 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 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| Cody Bellinger | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Nico Hoerner | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Seiya Suzuki | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Christopher Morel | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Jeimer Candelario | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Ian Happ | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Yan Gomes | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Team | 28 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Justin Steele | 5.0 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 1 |
| Adbert Alzolay | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Jose Cuas | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Michael Fulmer | 0.2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Mark Leiter Jr. | 0.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 8.0 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 1 |
Toronto Blue Jays 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whit Merrifield | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Matt Chapman | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Vladimir Guerrero Jr. | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Daulton Varsho | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Alejandro Kirk | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| George Springer | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Cavan Biggio | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Davis Schneider | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Brandon Belt | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Team | 31 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 11 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chris Bassitt | 6.0 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 1 |
| Yimi Garcia | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Jordan Hicks | 1.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Erik Swanson | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 9.0 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 1 |
Before and after
- Cubs · 2023 season · Previous Aug 11, 2023: CHC 6, TOR 2 · Next Aug 13, 2023: CHC 4, TOR 11
- Blue Jays · 2023 season · Previous Aug 11, 2023: CHC 6, TOR 2 · Next Aug 13, 2023: CHC 4, TOR 11