Amaya's first grand slam drives in 5, Chicago Cubs pound Tigers
Miguel Amaya hit his first career grand slam and drove in a personal-best five runs, and the Chicago Cubs pounded the Detroit Tigers 10-2 on Thursday to take the three-game series.Justin Steele struck out a season-high 10 in seven innings, and the Cubs came away with an easy win as they try to make up ground in the race for the National League's third wild card. They are 11-7 in August.Amaya gave the Cubs a 4-0 lead in the second with his drive to left against reliever Kenta Maeda .
Things took a bad turn for Detroit after Tyler Holton retired all three batters in the first.Amaya connected against Maeda in the second after Seiya Suzuki, Nico Hoerner and Dansby Swanson singled.He came through with two outs, driving the first pitch he saw out to left for his sixth homer this season.Bellinger added to the lead in the third when he led off with a double and scored on Hoerner's bases-loaded groundout.
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