Post Game Thread (Apr 23, 2024): Astros (7-17) @ Cubs (14-9)

Line Score – Game Over

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

Box Score

CHC		AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	BA
2B	Hoerner	5	0	0	1	0	0	.272
LF	Happ	3	1	1	0	1	1	.244
CF	Bellinger	3	1	1	2	0	1	.226
RF	Canario	1	0	0	0	0	1	.286
1B	Busch	4	0	0	0	0	3	.292
3B	Morel, C	2	1	0	0	2	0	.200
3B	Madrigal	0	0	0	0	0	0	.231
SS	Swanson	3	2	1	0	1	2	.235
CF	Tauchman	3	2	2	4	1	1	.283
DH	Mervis	3	0	0	0	0	1	.000
C	Amaya	2	0	1	0	2	0	.273

CHC	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	P-S	ERA
Wicks	6.0	5	2	2	0	4	86-57	4.70
Brown, Be	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	7-6	3.72
Leiter Jr.	0.2	1	0	0	1	0	15-7	0.00
Almonte	1.1	0	0	0	0	1	13-9	3.60

HOU		AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	BA
2B	Altuve	4	0	2	0	0	1	.357
DH	Alvarez, Y	4	0	0	0	0	1	.277
RF	Tucker	3	1	2	0	1	1	.286
3B	Bregman	4	0	0	0	0	0	.203
C	Diaz, Y	4	0	1	1	0	1	.287
SS	Peña	4	0	0	0	0	1	.330
LF	McCormick	4	0	0	0	0	0	.246
1B	Abreu, J	3	0	0	0	0	0	.065
CF	Meyers	3	1	1	1	0	0	.227

HOU	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	P-S	ERA
France, J	5.0	5	5	5	4	6	96-55	7.46
Scott, Tay	1.0	0	1	0	2	1	31-17	2.38
Martinez, S	2.0	1	1	1	1	3	42-25	2.57

Scoring Plays

Inning	Event	Score
B1	Cody Bellinger homers (5) on a fly ball to right field. Ian Happ scores.	2-0
B1	Mike Tauchman homers (1) on a fly ball to left field. Christopher Morel scores. Dansby Swanson scores.	5-0
T4	Yainer Diaz doubles (4) on a fly ball to center fielder Cody Bellinger. Kyle Tucker scores.	5-1
T5	Jake Meyers homers (3) on a fly ball to left field.	5-2
B6	Nico Hoerner grounds into a force out, second baseman Jose Altuve to shortstop Jeremy Peña. Dansby Swanson scores. Matt Mervis to 3rd. Miguel Amaya out at 2nd. Nico Hoerner to 1st.	6-2
B8	Mike Tauchman homers (2) on a fly ball to left center field.	7-2

Highlights

Description	Length
J.P. France against the Cubs	0:07
Bullpen availability for Chicago, April 23 vs Astros	0:07
Bullpen availability for Houston, April 23 vs Cubs	0:07
Bench availability for Houston, April 23 vs Cubs	0:07
Fielding alignment for Houston, April 23 vs Cubs	0:11
Bench availability for Chicago, April 23 vs Astros	0:07
Fielding alignment for Chicago, April 23 vs Astros	0:11
Starting lineups for Astros at Cubs – April 23, 2024	0:09
Measuring the stats on Cody Bellinger's home run	0:13
Mike Tauchman: Home Run Statcast Analysis	0:12
Measuring the stats on Jake Meyers's home run	0:12
Jordan Wicks's outing against the Astros	0:23
Breaking down Jordan Wicks's pitches	0:04
J.P. France's outing against the Cubs	0:23
Breaking down J.P. France's pitches	0:04
Measuring the stats on Mike Tauchman's home run	0:12
Jordan Wicks strikes out Jose Altuve	0:07
Cody Bellinger's two-run home run (5)	0:28
J.P. France strikes out Michael Busch	0:06
Mike Tauchman's three-run home run (1)	0:26
Michael Busch's diving catch	0:24
Field View: Cody Bellinger's two-run home run	0:30
Yainer Diaz's RBI double	0:29
Jake Meyers's solo home run (3)	0:29
Nico Hoerner grounds into an RBI force out	0:11
Jordan Wicks strikes out four against the Astros	0:52
Mike Tauchman's second homer of the game	0:27
Alvarez beats the throw to first following challenge	0:27

Decisions

Winning Pitcher	Losing Pitcher	Save
Wicks (1-2, 4.70 ERA)	France, J (0-3, 7.46 ERA)

Game ended at 9:19 PM.