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Rafael Ortega belted a pinch-hit home run in the eighth inning.
Sampson (1-3) avenged one of his losses from last month by
limiting the Orioles to four hits and two walks while striking
out six.
Cubs reliever Sean Newcomb was unscathed for 1 1/3 inning before
walking the first two Orioles batters of the eighth. Erich
Uelmen took the mound and gave up Ryan Mountcastle's RBI single.
Anthony Santander followed with a sacrifice fly to cut the gap
to 3-2.
It stayed that way when Mountcastle was thrown out at home
trying to score on Ramon Urias' grounder for the second out of
the inning.
With an error and a Jorge Mateo single, the Orioles put two
runners on base with one out in the ninth against Brandon
Hughes. Cedric Mullins lined into a double play to end the game
as Hughes, a rookie, recorded his first career save.
Baltimore starter Spenser Watkins was stellar for 5 2/3 innings
other than issuing Contreras' first long ball. Watkins (4-3)
allowed five hits and didn't issue a walk.
The Cubs, who lost the three previous meetings with the Orioles
by a combined score of 20-6, made a one-game stop in Baltimore
to finish the season series.
Contreras homered to right in the sixth inning for the game's
first run.
Ortega's homer stretched the lead to 2-0. Two batters later,
Contreras went deep for the second time of the game and for the
19th time this season.
Contreras had a total of three home runs in his past 19 games
played since July 23.
Chicago's Franmil Reyes went 2-for-4 to stretch his hitting
streak to all eight games since joining the team. Ian Happ also
had two hits for the Cubs.
No Baltimore player had more than one hit.
--Field Level Media
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