Dansby Swanson collected three hits and 4 runs and Cody Bellinger had three RBIs to raise the host Chicago Cubs to a 7-6 victory over the Washington Nationals on Thursday.
Chicago’s Seiya Suzuki launched a two-run homer and Ian Happ had three hits and scored twice. Isaac Paredes drove in a pair of runs for the Cubs (78-75), who banged out 12 hits to snap a modest two-game skid.
Washington’s Joey Gallo belted a three-run homer and James Wooden, Andres Chaparro and Jose Tena every drove in a run. CJ Abrams recorded 4 hits and scored twice for the Nationals (68-85), who’ve yielded 29 runs throughout their four-game dropping skid.
Chicago overcame a 3-1 deficit by scoring two runs in each the third and fifth innings earlier than Gallo answered with a three-run shot within the sixth. Gallo fouled off two pitches earlier than depositing a 1-2 sinker from Drew Smyly over the wall in proper discipline for his eighth homer of the season and second in his final 4 video games.
Bellinger had an RBI single off Robert Garcia (3-6) to forge a 6-6 tie within the seventh inning earlier than Paredes plated Swanson with a groundout. Garcia took the loss after allowing two runs on three hits in a single inning.
The late rebellion made a winner out of Ethan Roberts (1-0), who recorded his first profession major-league win after tossing one scoreless inning of reduction. Jorge Lopez didn’t permit a success in a scoreless eighth inning, and Porter Hodge stranded two runners in scoring place within the ninth to safe his sixth save of the season.
Happ singled to steer off the third inning and Suzuki stepped up two batters later and despatched a 3-2 sinker from Patrick Corbin over the wall in left-center discipline. Suzuki’s homer was his twenty first of the season.
The Cubs shortly loaded the bases within the fifth inning earlier than Bellinger’s groundout to first base plated Happ. Derek Legislation relieved Corbin and allowed Paredes’ sacrifice fly that scored Swanson and gave Chicago a 5-3 lead.
–Area Degree Media