By JAY COHEN AP Baseball Writer
June 2, 2026 - 7:44 pm
CHICAGO — Gage Jump pitched 7 effectual innings successful his archetypal large league win, and the Athletics bushed the Chicago Cubs 2-1 connected Tuesday night.
Nick Kurtz homered for the A’s, who had mislaid 7 of nine. Zack Gelof besides drove successful a run.
Jump (1-1) allowed 3 hits, struck retired 5 and walked 1 successful his 2nd vocation start. The left-hander, a second-round prime successful the 2024 amateur draft, was brought up from Triple-A Las Vegas erstwhile Aaron Civale went connected the 15-day injured database past week.
The Athletics program to determination to Las Vegas successful 2028, erstwhile they are scheduled to unfastened play astatine a caller ballpark connected the Strip.
Chicago dropped to 5-17 successful its past 22 games. It wasted a coagulated show by Jameson Taillon (2-5), who surrendered 2 runs successful 6⅓ innings aft going 0-2 with a 9.82 ERA successful his erstwhile 3 starts.
The Cubs threatened successful the ninth against Scott Barlow, putting 2 runners connected with nary outs. But Alex Bregman struck retired swinging and Seiya Suzuki flied retired earlier Hogan Harris retired Ian Happ connected a flyball to halfway for his 5th save.
Kurtz connected with 2 outs successful the third, tying it astatine 1 with a 383-foot thrust to left-center. It was his 3rd homer successful 4 games and No. 11 connected the season.
Taillon has been wounded by the longball this year, allowing a large league-high 20 homers successful his 12 starts.
The A’s added different tally connected Gelof’s RBI azygous successful the fourth, a two-out liner implicit the caput of a leaping Nico Hoerner astatine 2nd base.
The Cubs got 3 of their 4 hits successful the archetypal 2 innings. They had runners connected 2nd and 3rd with nary retired successful the first, but they lone managed 1 tally connected Bregman’s groundout to third.
Up next
Athletics left-hander Jeffrey Springs (3-6, 4.07 ERA) and Cubs right-hander Colin Rea (5-3, 4.70 ERA) instrumentality the mound connected Wednesday night.
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