August 17, 2026 · NL Cent
Chicago White Sox vs Chicago Cubs
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Game Highlights
Scoring summary
| INN | BATTER | PLAY | SCORE |
|---|---|---|---|
| B1 | Pete Crow-Armstrong | Pete Crow-Armstrong homers (29) on a fly ball to right field. | CWS 0, CHC 1 |
| B1 | Seiya Suzuki | Seiya Suzuki homers (22) on a fly ball to center field. | CWS 0, CHC 2 |
| T4 | Randal Grichuk | Randal Grichuk homers (10) on a fly ball to center field. Munetaka Murakami scores. Miguel Vargas scores. | CWS 3, CHC 2 |
| B5 | Nico Hoerner | Nico Hoerner singles on a ground ball to third baseman Miguel Vargas. Seiya Suzuki scores. Ian Happ scores. Nico Hoerner to 2nd. Throwing error by third baseman Miguel Vargas. | CWS 3, CHC 4 |
| T8 | Andrew Benintendi | Andrew Benintendi homers (13) on a fly ball to right center field. Munetaka Murakami scores. | CWS 5, CHC 4 |
| B9 | Nico Hoerner | Nico Hoerner singles on a line drive to center fielder Tristan Peters. Tyrone Taylor scores. Ian Happ to 3rd. | CWS 5, CHC 5 |
| B10 | Pete Crow-Armstrong | Pete Crow-Armstrong homers (30) on a fly ball to right field. Carson Kelly scores. | CWS 5, CHC 7 |
Box score
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | R | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CWS | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| CHC | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 7 |
Pitching & bullpen
How the game was pitched — the starters, the bullpen sequence and each arm's role, and the pitch counts behind them.
White Sox
AWAY
5
Luis Castillo started for White Sox, leaving trailing 3–4. Out of the bullpen, Hagen Smith took the roughest line.
workload · innings pitched
-
Luis Castillo
Starter
4.2
99
4
1
Pitch-by-pitch: what Luis Castillo threw
CSW 27% 1st-pitch strike 79% 4.1 pitches/PAPitch # % Whiff CS Foul Ball In play Sinker 34 34% 2 9 3 13 7 Changeup 27 27% 4 0 7 10 6 Slider 20 20% 3 6 1 7 3 Four-Seam Fastball 18 18% 3 0 3 6 6 - Tyler Schweitzer Middle 1.2 28 0 2 inherited 1, stranded 1
- Trevor Richards Middle 1.1 19 0 1 inherited 1, stranded 1
- Jordan Hicks Middle 1.1 30 1 2 BS inherited 1, stranded 1
- Hagen Smith Middle 0.0 4 2 0 L
Cubs
HOME
7
Shota Imanaga started for Cubs, leaving with a 4–3 lead. Out of the bullpen, Ryan Zeferjahn took the roughest line.
workload · innings pitched
-
Shota Imanaga
Starter
6.0
96
3
10
Pitch-by-pitch: what Shota Imanaga threw
CSW 39% 1st-pitch strike 42% 4.0 pitches/PAPitch # % Whiff CS Foul Ball In play Four-Seam Fastball 48 50% 5 10 8 20 5 Splitter 32 33% 15 3 1 10 3 Sweeper 13 14% 0 2 1 8 2 Curveball 2 2% 0 1 0 1 0 Sinker 1 1% 0 1 0 0 0 - Ryan Rolison Middle 0.2 15 0 0 HLD
- Ryan Zeferjahn Setup 1.0 24 2 1 BS inherited 1, stranded 1
- David Peterson Reliever 1.1 22 0 1 inherited 1, stranded 1
- Jacob Webb Middle 1.0 22 0 2 W
Where the game turned
2 runs
- Crow-Armstrong HR (2)
Batting lines
AWAY · CWS
| BATTER | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS | NOTES |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chase Meidroth 2B | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .275 | .351 | .411 | .762 | |
| Munetaka Murakami 1B | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | .233 | .371 | .539 | .910 | |
| Miguel Vargas 3B | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .239 | .345 | .489 | .834 | |
| Andrew Benintendi DH | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | .249 | .312 | .432 | .744 | HR (13) |
| Braden Montgomery RF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .238 | .331 | .374 | .705 | |
| Tristan Peters CF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .271 | .334 | .427 | .761 | |
| Sam Antonacci LF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .273 | .364 | .401 | .765 | |
| Luisangel Acuña SS | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .237 | .269 | .269 | .538 | |
| Jake Rogers C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .173 | .288 | .309 | .597 | |
| Randal Grichuk DH | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | .277 | .305 | .548 | .853 | HR (10) |
| Brenton Doyle CF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .215 | .273 | .295 | .568 |
HOME · CHC
| BATTER | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS | NOTES |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pete Crow-Armstrong CF | 5 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | .281 | .379 | .550 | .929 | 2 HR (29, 30), 2B, SB |
| Seiya Suzuki RF | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .273 | .363 | .491 | .854 | HR (22) |
| Michael Busch 1B | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .243 | .350 | .383 | .733 | |
| Ian Happ LF | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .215 | .324 | .410 | .734 | |
| Nico Hoerner SS | 5 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .265 | .325 | .365 | .690 | |
| Pedro Ramírez 3B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .290 | .347 | .427 | .774 | |
| Miguel Amaya DH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .240 | .345 | .377 | .722 | |
| Carson Kelly C | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .260 | .343 | .370 | .713 | |
| Alex Bregman 3B | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .255 | .347 | .407 | .754 | 2B |
| Michael Conforto DH | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .226 | .318 | .447 | .765 | |
| Kevin Alcántara DH | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .217 | .280 | .348 | .628 |
Pitching lines
AWAY · CWS
| PITCHER | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | NP | ERA | DEC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Luis Castillo | 4.2 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 99 | 4.99 | |
| Tyler Schweitzer | 1.2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 28 | 2.59 | |
| Trevor Richards | 1.1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 3.18 | |
| Jordan Hicks | 1.1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 30 | 3.32 | BS |
| Hagen Smith | 0.0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1.93 | L |
HOME · CHC
| PITCHER | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | NP | ERA | DEC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shota Imanaga | 6.0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 96 | 3.77 | |
| Ryan Rolison | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 2.54 | HLD |
| Ryan Zeferjahn | 1.0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 24 | 4.11 | BS |
| David Peterson | 1.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 5.29 | |
| Jacob Webb | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 22 | 2.29 | W |
Manager comparison
AWAY · CWS
Lineup 6.0 R
Bunts 3.4 R
IBBs 3.2 R
HOME · CHC
Lineup 3.9 R
Bunts 2.0 R
IBBs 1.8 R
Recent form
AWAY · CWS
5-5
W2
+3 run diff
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HOME · CHC
6-4
W2
+22 run diff
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How RunsLeft analyzes games
Standard content on this page comes from the MLB Stats API. The pitching analysis describes how the game was pitched — the starter's line, the bullpen sequence and each arm's role (opener, bulk, setup, closer), pitch counts as a fatigue signal, and the leverage context where the game turned. Reliever roles are inferred from how the manager used each arm up to that date. It describes structure and constraints; it does not grade the manager.