Post Game Thread (May 16, 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	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	6	0	4
HOU	1	0	0	4	0	0	2	0		7	9	0	5

Box Score

HOU		AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	BA
2B	Dubón	4	2	2	0	0	1	.309
3B	Bregman	1	1	0	1	1	0	.210
DH	Alvarez, Y	4	1	2	2	0	2	.298
RF	Tucker	4	1	1	1	0	1	.264
1B	Abreu, J	3	0	0	0	0	2	.219
1B	Hensley	1	0	0	0	0	0	.135
SS	Peña	4	0	1	0	0	1	.255
LF	Julks	4	1	1	1	0	1	.262
CF	McCormick	4	0	2	1	0	0	.268
C	Maldonado, M	3	1	0	0	1	2	.177

HOU	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	P-S	ERA
Javier	6.0	2	1	1	2	5	88-50	3.25
Maton, P	1.0	1	0	0	0	2	18-14	0.86
Gage	2.0	3	2	2	0	3	39-23	4.50

CHC		AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	BA
3B	Madrigal	4	0	0	0	0	0	.241
SS	Swanson	4	0	0	0	0	1	.273
CF	Morel	4	1	1	0	0	3	.333
LF	Happ	4	0	0	0	0	1	.295
RF	Suzuki, S	4	1	2	2	0	1	.266
1B	Mervis	4	1	2	1	0	1	.250
2B	Mastrobuoni	3	0	1	0	0	1	.192
PH	Wisdom	1	0	0	0	0	1	.240
DH	Hosmer	2	0	0	0	0	0	.234
DH	Mancini	1	0	0	0	0	0	.256
C	Barnhart	1	0	0	0	2	1	.208

CHC	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	P-S	ERA
Steele	6.0	5	5	5	1	8	82-56	2.44
Burdi	1.0	2	2	2	1	1	21-14	18.00
Merryweather	1.0	2	0	0	0	1	15-10	5.74

Scoring Plays

Inning	Event	Score
B1	Yordan Alvarez strikes out swinging, catcher Tucker Barnhart to first baseman Matt Mervis.	1-0
T2	Matt Mervis homers (1) on a line drive to right field.	1-1
B4	Yordan Alvarez doubles (9) on a sharp fly ball to center fielder Christopher Morel. Alex Bregman scores.	2-1
B4	Kyle Tucker doubles (7) on a fly ball to left fielder Ian Happ. Yordan Alvarez scores.	3-1
B4	Corey Julks doubles (5) on a line drive to center fielder Christopher Morel. Kyle Tucker scores.	4-1
B4	Chas McCormick doubles (5) on a sharp line drive to right fielder Seiya Suzuki. Corey Julks scores.	5-1
B7	Alex Bregman out on a sacrifice fly to left fielder Ian Happ. Martin Maldonado scores.	6-1
B7	Yordan Alvarez singles on a line drive to right fielder Seiya Suzuki. Mauricio Dubon scores.	7-1
T9	Seiya Suzuki homers (3) on a fly ball to left field. Christopher Morel scores.	7-3

Highlights

Description	Length	Video
Bullpen availability for Houston, May 16 vs Cubs	0:07	Video
Bullpen availability for Chicago, May 16 vs Astros	0:07	Video
Fielding alignment for Houston, May 16 vs Cubs	0:11	Video
Fielding alignment for Chicago, May 16 vs Astros	0:11	Video
Starting lineups for Cubs at Astros – May 16, 2023	0:09	Video
Mauricio Dubón scores on wild pitch by Justin Steele	0:22	Video
Matt Mervis crushes his first career home run	0:30	Video
The data behind Matt Mervis's home run	0:14	Video
Yordan Alvarez rips a RBI double to left field	0:29	Video
Kyle Tucker wallops an RBI double to left field	0:26	Video
Corey Julks lines an RBI double to center field	0:25	Video
Chas McCormick cranks an RBI double to right field	0:24	Video
Astros give an injury update on Lance McCullers Jr.	0:26	Video
Chas McCormick makes a stellar leaping catch	0:28	Video
Breaking down Cristian Javier's pitches	0:08	Video
Cristian Javier's outing against the Cubs	0:20	Video
Alex Bregman skies a sac fly to left field	0:24	Video
Yordan Alvarez laces an RBI single to right field	0:22	Video
Breaking down Justin Steele's pitches	0:08	Video
Justin Steele's outing against the Astros	0:20	Video
Cristian Javier strikes out five against the Cubs	0:56	Video
Nick Burdi punches out Kyle Tucker for final out	0:09	Video
Justin Steele fans eight against the Astros	1:11	Video
Seiya Suzuki launches a two-run homer to left field	0:30	Video
Matt Mervis singles on a line drive to center fielder Chas McCormick.	0:20	Video

Decisions

Winning Pitcher	Losing Pitcher	Save
Javier (4-1, 3.25 ERA)	Steele (6-1, 2.44 ERA)

Game ended at 9:32 PM.