Bellinger hits 3-run HR, Neris struggles in 9th before Chicago Cubs beat Rays 4-3

Cody Bellinger hit a three-run homer in the seventh inning, and the Chicago Cubs held off the Tampa Bay Rays for a 4-3 victory.

Cody Bellinger hit a three-run homer in the seventh inning, and the Chicago Cubs held off the Tampa Bay Rays for a 4-3 victory Wednesday night.Cubs closer Héctor Neris allowed José Caballero's solo homer in the ninth before earning his 10th save in 13 chances. The right-hander allowed a single to Ben Rortvedt and walked Taylor Walls with one out before getting a fielder's choice grounder from Yandy Díaz and a flyball from Brandon Lowe.

After hitting pinch-hitter Patrick Wisdom, the lefty allowed Bellinger's ninth homer.Tampa Bay took a 2-1 lead on Siri's solo homer off Javier Assad in the fourth. Siri had been 0 for 11 with eight strikeouts in his previous three games before getting a second-inning double.Suzuki tied it at 1 on his eighth homer during the fourth.Civale, on his 29th birthday, had his winless start streak reach 11. He allowed one run and five hits in 5 2/3 innings.

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