The Chicago Cubs beat the Houston Astros 7-2 on Apr 23, 2024 at Wrigley Field.
Final · Wrigley Field
Top performers
- Jake Meyers went 1-for-3 with 1 home run and 1 RBI for the Astros.
- Tayler Scott pitched 1.0 innings for the Astros, allowing 0 earned runs with 1 strikeouts.
- Cody Bellinger went 1-for-3 with 1 home run and 2 RBI for the Cubs.
- Ben Brown pitched 1.0 innings for the Cubs, allowing 0 earned runs with 0 strikeouts.
Houston Astros 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jose Altuve | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Alex Bregman | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Yordan Alvarez | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Jeremy Pena | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Yainer Diaz | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Jose Abreu | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kyle Tucker | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Jake Meyers | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 29 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nico Hoerner | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Michael Busch | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Dansby Swanson | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Cody Bellinger | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Ian Happ | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Christopher Morel | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Miguel Amaya | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Team | 22 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ben Brown | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mark Leiter Jr. | 0.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 1.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Before and after
- Astros · 2024 season · Previous Apr 21, 2024: HOU 0, WSH 6 · Next Apr 24, 2024: HOU 3, CHC 4
- Cubs · 2024 season · Previous Apr 21, 2024: MIA 6, CHC 3 · Next Apr 24, 2024: HOU 3, CHC 4