August 18, 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 (31) on a fly ball to right center field. | CWS 0, CHC 1 |
| B1 | Michael Busch | Michael Busch homers (15) on a fly ball to right center field. | CWS 0, CHC 2 |
| T2 | Drew Romo | Drew Romo singles on a line drive to left fielder Ian Happ. Chase Meidroth scores. Tristan Peters to 2nd. | CWS 1, CHC 2 |
| T3 | Munetaka Murakami | Munetaka Murakami homers (29) on a fly ball to left center field. | CWS 2, CHC 2 |
| T4 | Tristan Peters | Tristan Peters doubles (25) on a sharp line drive to center fielder Pete Crow-Armstrong. Colson Montgomery scores. | CWS 3, CHC 2 |
| B7 | Alex Bregman | Alex Bregman singles on a line drive to left fielder Sam Antonacci. Kevin Alcántara scores. Michael Conforto to 2nd. | CWS 3, CHC 3 |
| B9 | Alex Bregman | Alex Bregman singles on a line drive to center fielder Tristan Peters. Carson Kelly scores. Pete Crow-Armstrong to 2nd. | CWS 3, CHC 4 |
Box score
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CWS | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| CHC | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
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
3
White Sox opened with Bryan Hudson, then turned the bulk of the game over to Erick Fedde. Out of the bullpen, Huascar Brazobán took the roughest line.
workload · innings pitched
-
Bryan Hudson
Opener
1.0
17
2
1
Pitch-by-pitch: what Bryan Hudson threw
CSW 29% 1st-pitch strike 40% 3.4 pitches/PAPitch # % Whiff CS Foul Ball In play Four-Seam Fastball 13 76% 0 3 4 3 3 Sweeper 4 24% 0 2 0 1 1 - Erick Fedde Bulk 4.2 78 0 5
- Huascar Brazobán Setup 0.1 14 1 0 HLD inherited 2, stranded 2
- Grant Taylor Middle 1.0 17 0 2 BS inherited 2, 1 scored
- Trevor Richards Middle 1.2 26 1 1 L
Cubs
HOME
4
Kevin Gausman started for Cubs, leaving trailing 2–3.
workload · innings pitched
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Kevin Gausman
Starter
4.1
86
3
5
Pitch-by-pitch: what Kevin Gausman threw
CSW 36% 1st-pitch strike 52% 4.1 pitches/PAPitch # % Whiff CS Foul Ball In play Splitter 45 52% 15 1 4 18 7 Four-Seam Fastball 35 41% 0 13 3 12 7 Slider 4 5% 0 1 1 2 0 Changeup 2 2% 1 0 0 1 0 - Javier Assad Reliever 3.0 40 0 2 inherited 1, stranded 1
- Caleb Thielbar Middle 0.2 11 0 0
- Jacob Webb Middle 1.0 14 0 0 W
Where the game turned
1 run
- Bregman 1B (1)
Batting lines
AWAY · CWS
| BATTER | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS | NOTES |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sam Antonacci LF | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .273 | .367 | .401 | .768 | SB |
| Munetaka Murakami 1B | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .234 | .372 | .545 | .917 | HR (29) |
| Miguel Vargas 3B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .239 | .344 | .487 | .831 | |
| Andrew Benintendi DH | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .246 | .308 | .427 | .735 | |
| Braden Montgomery RF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .233 | .325 | .367 | .692 | |
| Colson Montgomery SS | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .217 | .295 | .436 | .731 | 2B |
| Chase Meidroth 2B | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .275 | .350 | .410 | .760 | |
| Tristan Peters CF | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .274 | .336 | .431 | .767 | 2B |
| Drew Romo C | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .139 | .217 | .304 | .521 | |
| Randal Grichuk PH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .275 | .303 | .545 | .848 |
HOME · CHC
| BATTER | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS | NOTES |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pete Crow-Armstrong CF | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | .282 | .381 | .555 | .936 | HR (31) |
| Seiya Suzuki DH | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .269 | .359 | .486 | .845 | |
| Alex Bregman 3B | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .257 | .347 | .407 | .754 | |
| Michael Busch 1B | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .244 | .351 | .389 | .740 | HR (15) |
| Nico Hoerner SS | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .265 | .324 | .364 | .688 | |
| Pedro Ramírez 2B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .289 | .345 | .422 | .767 | |
| Ian Happ LF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .215 | .324 | .408 | .732 | |
| Carson Kelly C | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .263 | .345 | .375 | .720 | 2B |
| Michael Conforto RF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .223 | .317 | .440 | .757 | |
| Miguel Amaya C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .237 | .345 | .373 | .718 |
Pitching lines
AWAY · CWS
| PITCHER | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | NP | ERA | DEC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bryan Hudson | 1.0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 3.42 | |
| Erick Fedde | 4.2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 78 | 4.33 | |
| Huascar Brazobán | 0.1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 3.00 | HLD |
| Grant Taylor | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 2.08 | BS |
| Trevor Richards | 1.2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 26 | 3.24 | L |
HOME · CHC
| PITCHER | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | NP | ERA | DEC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kevin Gausman | 4.1 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 86 | 4.58 | |
| Javier Assad | 3.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 40 | 3.46 | |
| Caleb Thielbar | 0.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 5.45 | |
| Jacob Webb | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 2.25 | 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.