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August 19, 2026 · NL Cent

Chicago White Sox vs Chicago Cubs

August 19, 2026Wrigley FieldPartly Cloudy 75°F · 8 mph, In From CF
AWAY
Chicago White Sox
66-60
3
vs
HOME
Chicago Cubs
74-54
0

Game Highlights

Published August 19, 2026 · Source: MLB

Scoring summary

INN BATTER PLAY SCORE
T6 Andrew Benintendi Andrew Benintendi singles on a line drive to center fielder Tyrone Taylor. Miguel Vargas scores. CWS 1, CHC 0
T8 Braden Montgomery Braden Montgomery doubles (11) on a ground ball to right fielder Seiya Suzuki, deflected by first baseman Michael Busch. Miguel Vargas scores. Randal Grichuk scores. CWS 3, CHC 0

Box score

  123456789 R
CWS 000001020 3
CHC 000000000 0

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 Sean Newcomb, then turned the bulk of the game over to José Urquidy.

workload · innings pitched
  • Sean Newcomb Opener 2.0 34 0 0
    Pitch-by-pitch: what Sean Newcomb threw
    CSW 15% 1st-pitch strike 57% 4.9 pitches/PA
    Pitch#%WhiffCSFoulBallIn play
    Four-Seam Fastball 13 38% 0 2 6 3 2
    Sinker 11 32% 1 1 2 5 2
    Slurve 9 26% 0 1 2 6 0
    Curveball 1 3% 0 0 0 0 1
  • José Urquidy Bulk 6.0 68 0 8 W
  • Grant Taylor Middle 1.0 12 0 2 SV
Cubs HOME 0

Clay Holmes started for Cubs, leaving trailing 0–1. Out of the bullpen, Ryan Rolison took the roughest line.

workload · innings pitched
  • Clay Holmes Starter 5.1 86 1 1 L
    Pitch-by-pitch: what Clay Holmes threw
    CSW 15% 1st-pitch strike 35% 3.7 pitches/PA
    Pitch#%WhiffCSFoulBallIn play
    Sinker 46 53% 1 5 11 15 14
    Changeup 15 17% 3 1 1 8 2
    Sweeper 12 14% 0 0 3 7 2
    Cutter 9 10% 2 1 1 4 1
    Curveball 3 3% 0 0 0 2 1
    Four-Seam Fastball 1 1% 0 0 1 0 0
  • Caleb Thielbar Middle 0.2 6 0 1 inherited 1, stranded 1
  • Trent Thornton Middle 1.0 17 0 1
  • Ryan Rolison Middle 0.2 18 2 0
  • Aaron Civale Reliever 1.1 34 0 2 inherited 1, stranded 1

Where the game turned

1 run Top 6th · off Holmes
  • Benintendi 1B (1)

Batting lines

AWAY · CWS
BATTER ABRHRBIBBK AVGOBPSLGOPS NOTES
Munetaka Murakami 1B 5 0 0 0 0 0 .230 .367 .537 .904
Miguel Vargas 3B 3 2 2 0 2 0 .242 .348 .490 .838 2B
Randal Grichuk DH 2 1 1 0 0 0 .277 .305 .550 .855 2B
Braden Montgomery RF 4 0 2 2 0 0 .238 .328 .374 .702 2B
Colson Montgomery SS 4 0 1 0 0 2 .217 .294 .435 .729
Chase Meidroth 2B 4 0 1 0 0 1 .275 .349 .408 .757
Tristan Peters LF 3 0 0 0 1 0 .272 .335 .427 .762
Jake Rogers C 4 0 1 0 0 1 .175 .287 .307 .594
Sam Antonacci LF 3 0 0 0 2 1 .271 .367 .397 .764
Andrew Benintendi DH 2 0 1 1 1 0 .248 .311 .428 .739
HOME · CHC
BATTER ABRHRBIBBK AVGOBPSLGOPS NOTES
Pete Crow-Armstrong DH 4 0 0 0 0 1 .279 .378 .550 .928
Seiya Suzuki RF 2 0 0 0 2 1 .268 .360 .483 .843
Alex Bregman 3B 4 0 0 0 0 1 .255 .345 .404 .749
Michael Busch 1B 3 0 0 0 0 1 .242 .349 .386 .735
Nico Hoerner SS 3 0 0 0 0 1 .264 .322 .362 .684
Pedro Ramírez 2B 2 0 0 0 1 1 .285 .344 .416 .760
Carson Kelly C 3 0 0 0 0 1 .260 .342 .372 .714
Ian Happ LF 3 0 0 0 0 2 .214 .322 .405 .727
Michael Conforto PH 1 0 0 0 0 1 .222 .316 .438 .754
Tyrone Taylor CF 2 0 2 0 0 0 .246 .298 .479 .777 2B

Pitching lines

AWAY · CWS
PITCHER IPHRERBBKHR NPERA DEC
Sean Newcomb 2.0 0 0 0 2 0 0 34 2.44
José Urquidy 6.0 2 0 0 0 8 0 68 5.06 W
Grant Taylor 1.0 0 0 0 1 2 0 12 2.05 SV
HOME · CHC
PITCHER IPHRERBBKHR NPERA DEC
Clay Holmes 5.1 6 1 1 2 1 0 86 2.49 L
Caleb Thielbar 0.2 0 0 0 0 1 0 6 5.35
Trent Thornton 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 17 2.52
Ryan Rolison 0.2 2 2 2 1 0 0 18 2.86
Aaron Civale 1.1 0 0 0 3 2 0 34 4.86

Manager comparison

AWAY · CWS
Will Venable
Lineup 6.0 R Bunts 3.4 R IBBs 3.2 R
HOME · CHC
Craig Counsell
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.

Read the full methodology.