The Chicago Cubs beat the Chicago White Sox 4-3 on Aug 18, 2026 at Wrigley Field.
Final · Wrigley Field
Top performers
- Munetaka Murakami went 1-for-4 with 1 home run and 1 RBI for the White Sox.
- Erick Fedde pitched 4.2 innings for the White Sox, allowing 0 earned runs with 5 strikeouts.
- Pete Crow-Armstrong went 1-for-3 with 1 home run and 1 RBI for the Cubs.
- Kevin Gausman pitched 4.1 innings for the Cubs, allowing 3 earned runs with 5 strikeouts.
Chicago White Sox 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Munetaka Murakami | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Miguel Vargas | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Braden Montgomery | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Colson Montgomery | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tristan Peters | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Chase Meidroth | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Andrew Benintendi | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Sam Antonacci | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Drew Romo | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Randal Grichuk | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 35 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Erick Fedde | 4.2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 |
| Trevor Richards | 1.2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Bryan Hudson | 1.0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Grant Taylor | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Huascar Brazoban | 0.1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 8.2 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 2 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seiya Suzuki | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Alex Bregman | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Nico Hoerner | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ian Happ | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pedro Ramirez | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Michael Conforto | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Pete Crow-Armstrong | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Michael Busch | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Miguel Amaya | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Carson Kelly | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 34 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 9 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kevin Gausman | 4.1 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 1 |
| Javier Assad | 3.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Jacob Webb | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Caleb Thielbar | 0.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 9.0 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 1 |
Before and after
- White Sox · 2026 season · Previous Aug 17, 2026: CHW 5, CHC 7 · Next Aug 19, 2026: CHW 3, CHC 0
- Cubs · 2026 season · Previous Aug 17, 2026: CHW 5, CHC 7 · Next Aug 19, 2026: CHW 3, CHC 0