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Rangers
@ Cubs
Wrigley Field
April 9, 2023
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Chicago Cubs and the Texas Rangers, played on April 9, 2023 at Wrigley Field.
Game Summary
| Date | April 9, 2023 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Texas Rangers
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| Home Team |
Chicago Cubs
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| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | April 9, 2023 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Sun |
| Day / Night | D |
| Visiting Team | Texas Rangers |
| Home Team | Chicago Cubs |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Jon Gray |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Jameson Taillon |
| Ballpark | Wrigley Field |
| City | Chicago |
| State | IL |
| Attendance | 28,807 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 31 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Brian O'Nora 1B: Pat Hoberg 2B: Nestor Ceja 3B: Charlie Ramos |
Texas Rangers Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Marcus Semien | Second Baseman |
| Corey Seager | Shortstop |
| Nathaniel Lowe | First Baseman |
| Adolis Garcia | DH |
| Josh Jung | Third Baseman |
| Josh Smith | Left Fielder |
| Jonah Heim | Catcher |
| Travis Jankowski | Right Fielder |
| Bubba Thompson | Center Fielder |
| Bruce Bochy | Manager |
Chicago Cubs Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Nico Hoerner | Second Baseman |
| Dansby Swanson | Shortstop |
| Ian Happ | Left Fielder |
| Cody Bellinger | Center Fielder |
| Trey Mancini | Right Fielder |
| Edwin Rios | DH |
| Eric Hosmer | First Baseman |
| Nick Madrigal | Third Baseman |
| Tucker Barnhart | Catcher |
| David Ross | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Rangers
@ Cubs
Wrigley Field
April 9, 2023
Top 1
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Rangers, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Semien vs. Taillon
Semien hits a popup towards short. Swanson settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-0, RoB: ---
Seager vs. Taillon
Seager takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Lowe vs. Taillon
Lowe strikes out. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
Garcia vs. Taillon
Garcia hits a ball on the ground towards third. Madrigal fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Rangers, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Hoerner vs. Gray
Hoerner hits a ball on the ground towards third. Jung fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Swanson vs. Gray
Swanson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Seager scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Happ vs. Gray
Happ hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Semien scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Rangers, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Jung vs. Taillon
Jung hits a fly ball into center field. Bellinger settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
vs. Taillon
hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: 1--
Heim vs. Taillon
Heim hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1-3
Jankowski vs. Taillon
Jankowski hits a line drive into left field. The ball bounces into the stands for a ground rule double. Heim moves to third. View Play -
Rangers, 1 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: -23
Thompson vs. Taillon
Thompson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Madrigal fields it, and throws to get the runner. And he throws it away. That's an error on Madrigal. Heim scores. Jankowski moves to third. Thompson moves to second. Score that a fielder's choice. View Play -
Rangers, 2 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: -23
Semien vs. Taillon
Semien hits a fly ball into right field, out of the reach of Mancini. Semien reaches second base with a double. Jankowski scores. Thompson scores. View Play -
Rangers, 4 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: -2-
Seager vs. Taillon
Seager strikes out. View Play -
Rangers, 4 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Lowe vs. Taillon
There's a wild pitch. Semien moves to third. View Play -
Rangers, 4 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: --3
Lowe vs. Taillon
Lowe hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Hoerner scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Rangers, 4 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Bellinger vs. Gray
Bellinger takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Rangers, 4 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
Mancini vs. Gray
Mancini strikes out. View Play -
Rangers, 4 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1--
Rios vs. Gray
Rios hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. View Play -
Rangers, 4 - Cubs, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Hosmer vs. Gray
Hosmer hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Semien scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 4 - Cubs, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Madrigal vs. Gray
Madrigal strikes out. View Play
Top 3
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Rangers, 4 - Cubs, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Garcia vs. Taillon
Garcia strikes out. View Play -
Rangers, 4 - Cubs, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Jung vs. Taillon
Jung hits a ball on the ground towards third. Madrigal fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 4 - Cubs, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
vs. Taillon
strikes out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Rangers, 4 - Cubs, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Barnhart vs. Gray
Barnhart hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Rangers, 4 - Cubs, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
Hoerner vs. Gray
Hoerner hits a ball on the ground towards short. Seager scoops it up, steps on second, and throws to first for the double play. View Play -
Rangers, 4 - Cubs, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Swanson vs. Gray
Swanson strikes out. View Play
Top 4
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Rangers, 4 - Cubs, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Heim vs. Taillon
Heim strikes out. View Play -
Rangers, 4 - Cubs, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Jankowski vs. Taillon
Jankowski hits a ball on the ground towards first. Hosmer juggles the ball. That's an error on Hosmer. View Play -
Rangers, 4 - Cubs, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Thompson vs. Taillon
There goes Jankowski. The throw from Barnhart and he is safe. Jankowski steals second. View Play -
Rangers, 4 - Cubs, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: -2-
Thompson vs. Taillon
Thompson hits a ball on the ground into left field, out of the reach of Happ. Thompson reaches second base with a double. Jankowski scores. That run is unearned. View Play -
Rangers, 5 - Cubs, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: -2-
Semien vs. Taillon
Semien strikes out. View Play -
Rangers, 5 - Cubs, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Seager vs. Taillon
Seager hits a fly ball into left field. Happ settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Rangers, 5 - Cubs, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Happ vs. Gray
Happ takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Rangers, 5 - Cubs, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
Bellinger vs. Gray
Bellinger hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Semien scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Happ moves to second. View Play -
Rangers, 5 - Cubs, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: -2-
Mancini vs. Gray
Mancini hits a popup towards short. Seager settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 5 - Cubs, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: -2-
Rios vs. Gray
Rios strikes out. View Play
Top 5
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Rangers, 5 - Cubs, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Lowe vs. Taillon
Lowe hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Bellinger. Lowe reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Rangers, 5 - Cubs, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: -2-
Garcia vs. Taillon
Garcia strikes out. View Play -
Rangers, 5 - Cubs, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: -2-
Jung vs. Taillon
Jung hits a fly ball into center field. Bellinger settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 5 - Cubs, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: -2-
vs. Taillon
hits a fly ball into center field. Bellinger settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Rangers, 5 - Cubs, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Hosmer vs. Gray
Hosmer hits a fly ball into center field. Thompson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 5 - Cubs, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Madrigal vs. Gray
Madrigal hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Rangers, 5 - Cubs, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Barnhart vs. Gray
Barnhart hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Madrigal moves to second. View Play -
Rangers, 5 - Cubs, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: 12-
Hoerner vs. Gray
Hoerner hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Semien fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Top 6
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Rangers, 5 - Cubs, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Heim vs. Assad
Javier Assad now pitching.
Heim hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Rangers, 5 - Cubs, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Jankowski vs. Assad
Jankowski strikes out. View Play -
Rangers, 5 - Cubs, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1--
Thompson vs. Assad
Thompson hits a fly ball into center field, out of the reach of Bellinger who is chasing the ball. Thompson reaches third base with a triple. Heim goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Rangers, 6 - Cubs, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: --3
Semien vs. Assad
Semien hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Thompson scores. View Play -
Rangers, 7 - Cubs, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Seager vs. Assad
Seager hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Happ. Seager reaches second base with a double. Semien goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Rangers, 8 - Cubs, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: -2-
Lowe vs. Assad
Lowe strikes out. View Play -
Rangers, 8 - Cubs, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: -2-
Garcia vs. Assad
Garcia hits a fly ball into center field. Bellinger settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Rangers, 8 - Cubs, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Swanson vs. Gray
Swanson hits a fly ball into right field. Jankowski settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 8 - Cubs, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Happ vs. Gray
Happ hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Rangers, 8 - Cubs, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Bellinger vs. Gray
Bellinger hits a fly ball into right field. Jankowski settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 8 - Cubs, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: 1--
Mancini vs. Gray
Mancini hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Happ moves to second. View Play -
Rangers, 8 - Cubs, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: 12-
Rios vs. Gray
Rios takes first base on ball four. Happ moves to third. Mancini moves to second. View Play -
Rangers, 8 - Cubs, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: 123
Wisdom vs. Smith
Will Smith now pitching. Patrick Wisdom pinch hits for Eric Hosmer.
Wisdom strikes out. View Play
Top 7
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Rangers, 8 - Cubs, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Jung vs. Assad
Trey Mancini now playing first base. Patrick Wisdom now playing right field.
Jung hits a popup, foul, towards first. Mancini settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 8 - Cubs, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
vs. Assad
hits a fly ball into center field. Bellinger settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 8 - Cubs, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Heim vs. Assad
Heim strikes out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Rangers, 8 - Cubs, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Madrigal vs. Smith
Madrigal hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Semien settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 8 - Cubs, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Torrens vs. Smith
Luis Torrens pinch hits for Tucker Barnhart.
Torrens hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Rangers, 8 - Cubs, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: 1--
Hoerner vs. Smith
Smith fires to first and picks off Torrens. View Play -
Rangers, 8 - Cubs, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Hoerner vs. Smith
Hoerner takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Rangers, 8 - Cubs, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: 1--
Swanson vs. Smith
Swanson strikes out. View Play
Top 8
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Rangers, 8 - Cubs, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Jankowski vs. Assad
Luis Torrens now catching.
Jankowski takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Rangers, 8 - Cubs, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: 1--
Thompson vs. Assad
Thompson hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Assad fields it and throws to first for the out. Jankowski moves to second. View Play -
Rangers, 8 - Cubs, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: -2-
Semien vs. Assad
Semien hits a ball on the ground towards short. Swanson scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 8 - Cubs, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Seager vs. Assad
Seager hits a ball on the ground towards third. Madrigal fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Rangers, 8 - Cubs, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Happ vs. Ragans
Cole Ragans now pitching.
Happ strikes out. View Play -
Rangers, 8 - Cubs, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Bellinger vs. Ragans
Bellinger hits a fly ball into center field. Thompson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 8 - Cubs, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Mancini vs. Ragans
Mancini hits a ball on the ground towards third. Jung fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Rangers, 8 - Cubs, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lowe vs. Merryweather
Julian Merryweather now pitching.
Lowe hits a fly ball into left field. Happ settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 8 - Cubs, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Garcia vs. Merryweather
Garcia hits a ball on the ground towards short. Swanson scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 8 - Cubs, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Jung vs. Merryweather
Jung hits a fly ball into center field. Bellinger settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Rangers, 8 - Cubs, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Rios vs. Leclerc
Jose Leclerc now pitching.
Rios strikes out. View Play -
Rangers, 8 - Cubs, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Wisdom vs. Leclerc
Wisdom strikes out. View Play -
Rangers, 8 - Cubs, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Madrigal vs. Leclerc
Madrigal hits a line drive into left field. settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 4/9/2023 -- Texas at CHN (D)
Texas AB R H RBI CHN AB R H RBI
Semien M, 2b 5 1 2 3 Nico Hoerner, 2b 3 0 0 0
Seager C, ss 4 0 1 1 Dansby Swanson, ss 4 0 0 0
Lowe N, 1b 5 0 1 0 Ian Happ, lf 3 0 1 0
Garcia A, dh 5 0 0 0 Cody Bellinger, cf 3 1 0 0
Jung J, 3b 5 0 0 0 Trey Mancini, rf-1b 4 0 1 0
Smith J, lf 4 1 1 0 Edwin Rios, dh 3 1 1 2
Heim J, c 4 2 2 0 Eric Hosmer, 1b 2 0 0 0
Jankowski T, rf 3 2 1 1 Patrick Wisdo, ph-rf 2 0 0 0
Thompson B, cf 4 2 2 2 Nick Madrigal, 3b 4 0 1 0
Tucker Barnhart, c 2 0 2 0
Luis Torrens, ph-c 1 0 1 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
39 8 10 7 31 2 7 2
Texas 040 103 000 -- 8
CHN 020 000 000 -- 2
Texas IP H R ER BB SO
Gray J (W) 5.2 6 2 2 3 4
Smith W 1.1 1 0 0 1 2
Ragans C 1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Leclerc J 1.0 0 0 0 0 2
CHN IP H R ER BB SO
Jameson Taillon (L) 5.0 6 5 4 1 7
Javier Assad 3.0 4 3 3 1 3
Julian Merryweather 1.0 0 0 0 0 0
E -- Nick Madrigal, Eric Hosmer
DP -- Texas 2
LOB -- Texas 6, CHN 6
2B -- Jankowski T, Semien M, Thompson B, Lowe N, Seager C
3B -- Thompson B
HR -- Edwin Rios
SB -- Jankowski T
WP -- Jameson Taillon
T -- 2:31
A -- 28807
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