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The Cubs have been red hot in the second half,
winning 15 of their last 19 games. It was a group effort Sunday
with four different Cubs collecting an RBI and eight batters
reaching base.
Justin Steele (13-3) struck out seven over 5 1/3 innings,
allowing four runs (three earned) on eight hits with four walks
to tie for the MLB lead with his 13th win.
Ozzie Albies led the charge for the Braves with three hits.
Ronald Acuna Jr. and Matt Olson had two hits apiece and totaled
nine RBIs across the series, with Olson driving in six of them.
Charlie Morton (10-10) went 4 1/3 innings for the Braves,
allowing five runs on four hits with four walks and four
strikeouts.
The Braves got on the board first in the third inning when Olson
launched a 453-foot home run for his NL-leading 39th of the
season, scoring Acuna, who had singled.
The Cubs were able to answer in the bottom frame by getting
those two runs back on just one hit.
Happ hit into a fielder's choice with the bases loaded but was
able to leg out the throw to first to get the Cubs their first
run. Morton then walked Cody Bellinger and Dansby Swanson to
bring home another run before getting Jeimer Candelario to fly
out to end the 37-pitch inning.
The Braves answered in the top of the fifth with Olson getting
his third RBI of the day on a single to left that scored Albies
from second for a 3-2 lead.
Michael Fulmer came in for Steele in the sixth with the bases
loaded and hit Acuna to get the Braves within one run at 5-4,
but he struck out the next two batters to get out of the jam.
Swanson delivered an RBI double against his former team in the
seventh to give the Cubs a 6-4 lead.
After allowing a leadoff double in the ninth inning, Cubs
right-hander Adbert Alzolay retired the next three hitters to
earn his 14th save.
--Field Level Media
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