CHICAGO — Pete Crow-Armstrong’s bloop RBI azygous capped a four-run ninth inning and the Chicago Cubs bushed the Athletics 7-6 Thursday nighttime to debar a three-game bid sweep.
Crow-Armstrong besides deed a solo homer, his ninth of the season, successful the sixth inning for Chicago, which had mislaid 3 consecutive and 14 of 17.
Joel Kuhnel (1-2) gave up 5 Chicago hits successful the ninth inning and was tagged for each 4 runs. Luis Medina replaced him with 2 outs and surrendered the tying azygous to Dansby Swanson earlier Crow-Armstrong’ knocked successful Seiya Suzuki.
Ian Happ homered and drove successful 3 runs for Chicago, which banged retired 7 hits successful the ninth inning aft conscionable 4 hits successful the archetypal 8 innings. Ryan Rolison (4-1) worked the last 1 1/3 innings for the Cubs.
Shea Langeliers deed 2 of the Athletics’ 4 homers and drove successful 3 runs. Tyler Soderstrom and Jonah Heim added consecutive homers successful the seventh inning that gave the A’s a seemingly comfy 6-1 lead.
The Athletics program to determination to Las Vegas successful 2028, erstwhile they are scheduled to unfastened play astatine a caller ballpark connected the Strip.
Happ had a 446-foot homer to right, a two-run changeable disconnected reliever Scott Barlow that astir cleared the right-field bleachers successful the bottommost of the seventh, tightening the score.
J.T. Ginn allowed conscionable 2 hits, including Crow-Armstrong’s sixth-inning solo homer, successful the archetypal six innings. He struck retired 8 and walked one.
Langeliers’ fourth-inning solo changeable smacked the right-field partition and caromed retired of the handbasket onto the field. It was ruled a homer aft a little review.
Alika Williams scored the As’ 2nd tally successful the sixth erstwhile Crow-Armstrong mislaid Henry Bolte’s heavy fly, which landed down him adjacent the informing track. Langeliers came up 2 batters aboriginal and made it 4-0 with his 16th homer.
Chicago’s Shota Imanaga (4-7) gave up each six A’s runs. He allowed six hits with a locomotion and struck retired 5 earlier being pulled aft Soderstrom and Heim homered successful the seventh.
Up next
The Athletics’ Jack Perkins (2-2, 5.46 ERA) faces chap RHP Peter Lambert (4-4, 3.77) to unfastened a three-game bid astatine Houston connected Friday.
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