Post Game Thread (May 17, 2023): Cubs (19-23) @ Astros (23-19)

Line Score – Game Over

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E	LOB
CHC	3	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	6	13	1	14
HOU	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	7	13	0	8

Box Score

HOU		AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	BA
SS	Peña	5	2	2	0	0	0	.259
3B	Bregman	4	3	3	2	1	1	.224
LF	Alvarez, Y	5	0	0	0	0	3	.287
DH	Tucker	5	0	3	2	0	1	.275
1B	Abreu, J	4	0	1	1	0	2	.220
RF	McCormick	4	0	0	0	0	2	.250
C	Diaz, Y	4	1	2	0	0	0	.240
CF	Meyers	4	1	2	2	0	1	.245
2B	Hensley	3	0	0	0	0	2	.130
PH	Dubón	0	0	0	0	1	0	.309

HOU	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	P-S	ERA
France, J	3.2	9	6	6	2	2	72-47	4.11
Martinez, S	1.1	1	0	0	1	1	19-10	4.08
Stanek	1.0	1	0	0	1	2	24-14	4.40
Montero	1.0	0	0	0	1	1	20-12	6.11
Neris	1.0	1	0	0	1	1	17-10	1.40
Abreu, B	1.0	1	0	0	1	2	22-11	1.27

CHC		AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	BA
CF	Morel	5	2	3	1	1	1	.371
SS	Swanson	6	1	1	1	0	1	.269
LF	Happ	3	1	2	1	1	1	.303
RF	Suzuki, S	3	2	3	3	2	0	.286
3B	Wisdom	5	0	1	0	0	3	.238
1B	Mervis	5	0	0	0	0	1	.220
DH	Mancini	5	0	2	0	0	1	.262
C	Gomes	5	0	0	0	0	1	.282
2B	Mastrobuoni	2	0	1	0	3	0	.214

CHC	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	P-S	ERA
Smyly	6.0	4	1	1	0	8	84-58	2.86
Alzolay	1.0	2	0	0	0	1	18-12	1.99
Leiter Jr.	1.0	3	2	2	0	3	22-14	2.00
Thompson, K	0.0	2	3	3	1	0	9-4	4.22
Hughes	0.1	2	1	1	1	0	8-5	4.70

Scoring Plays

Inning	Event	Score
T1	Dansby Swanson triples (1) on a sharp line drive to center fielder Jake Meyers. Christopher Morel scores.	0-1
T1	Ian Happ out on a sacrifice fly to right fielder Chas McCormick. Dansby Swanson scores.	0-2
T1	Seiya Suzuki homers (4) on a fly ball to left field.	0-3
B1	Alex Bregman homers (6) on a fly ball to left field.	1-3
T3	Seiya Suzuki homers (5) on a fly ball to left field. Ian Happ scores.	1-5
T4	Christopher Morel homers (5) on a fly ball to center field.	1-6
B8	Alex Bregman doubles (5) on a fly ball to left fielder Ian Happ. Jeremy Pena scores.	2-6
B8	Jose Abreu singles on a ground ball to left fielder Ian Happ. Alex Bregman scores.	3-6
B9	Jake Meyers homers (3) on a fly ball to left field. Yainer Diaz scores.	5-6
B9	Cubs challenged (tag play), call on the field was upheld: Kyle Tucker singles on a line drive to center fielder Christopher Morel. Jeremy Pena scores. Alex Bregman scores. Yordan Alvarez to 2nd.	7-6

Highlights

Description	Length	Video
Bullpen availability for Houston, May 17 vs Cubs	0:07	Video
Bullpen availability for Chicago, May 17 vs Astros	0:07	Video
Fielding alignment for Houston, May 17 vs Cubs	0:11	Video
Fielding alignment for Chicago, May 17 vs Astros	0:11	Video
Starting lineups for Cubs at Astros – May 17, 2023	0:09	Video
Dansby Swanson lines an RBI triple to right center	0:28	Video
Ian Happ plates a run with a sac fly to right field	0:18	Video
Seiya Suzuki launches a solo homer to left field	0:29	Video
Breaking down Seiya Suzuki's home run	0:14	Video
Alex Bregman mashes a solo homer to left field	0:29	Video
Alex Bregman: Home Run Statcast Analysis	0:15	Video
A deep dive into Alex Bregman's home run	0:09	Video
Seiya Suzuki drills a two-run homer to left field	0:32	Video
Measuring the stats on Seiya Suzuki's home run	0:17	Video
Christopher Morel rips a solo homer to left-center	0:29	Video
Breaking down J.P. France's pitches	0:08	Video
Breaking down Christopher Morel's home run	0:16	Video
A deep dive into Christopher Morel's home run	0:09	Video
J.P France strike out Yan Gomes in the 3rd inning	0:20	Video
Cubs throw out Bregman at the plate to end the 6th	0:31	Video
Breaking down Drew Smyly's pitches	0:08	Video
Drew Smyly's outing against the Astros	0:22	Video
Drew Smyly fans eight batters through six innings	1:26	Video
Jeremy Peña leads off the 8th with a triple	0:53	Video
Alex Bregman laces an RBI double to left-center field	0:05	Video
Jose Abreu grounds an RBI single to left field	0:17	Video
Take a look at Seiya Suzuki's home run using Data Viz	0:30	Video
Jake Meyers crushes a two-run homer to left field	0:34	Video

Decisions

Winning Pitcher	Losing Pitcher	Save
Abreu, B (2-0, 1.27 ERA)	Hughes (0-2, 4.70 ERA)

Game ended at 10:02 PM.