Christopher Morel, Cody Bellinger and Dansby Swanson each hit solo homers in the third inning, and the Chicago Cubs snapped a three-game losing streak with a 5-2 victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks on Sunday.
Christopher Morel, Cody Bellinger and Dansby Swanson each hit solo homers in the third inning, and the Chicago Cubs snapped a three-game losing streak with a 5-2 victory over theSwanson added two singles and Kyle Hendricks tossed 5 2/3 effective innings to help Chicago strengthen its hold on the second NL wild card spot and close to within three of first-place Milwaukee in the NL Central.
Morel hit his 21st homer, Bellinger his 25th and Swanson his 20th off rookie right-hander Brandon Pfaadt, who was originally scheduled to start the game. Hendricks allowed two runs on seven hits, while striking out four. The right-hander exited after 82 pitches with two outs in the sixth after issuing his only walk.Chicago took a 1-0 lead in the first, with Suzuki’s ground-rule double driving in Nico Hoerner. Morel led off with a triple, but was caught between third and home and tagged out following Hoerner’s comebacker.Three hitters later, Bellinger launched a towering shot to right against a strong wind.
Mantiply faced the first six Cubs hitters and allowed a run on two hits before right-hander Scott McGough entered with one out in the second inning.
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