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Cubs starter Javier Assad allowed two runs and
five hits in 5 1/3 innings. He walked two and struck out four.
Spencer Torkelson had four hits, including a solo homer, and
scored three runs for Detroit. Kerry Carpenter supplied three
hits, also with a solo homer, and Javier Baez added a two-run
double against his former team.
Detroit starter Alex Faedo gave up four runs (two earned) and
three hits in six innings. He also walked two and struck out
four.
The Cubs scored three runs in the second inning with the aid of
an error and a wild pitch.
Suzuki made it 4-0 in the fourth with his 13th homer of the
season, a one-out shot to left center.
The Tigers broke through in the sixth. Torkelson led off the
inning by smashing his 23rd homer over the left field wall.
Carpenter followed with his 19th homer to right.
Chicago added to its lead in the eighth. Happ drilled a two-out
triple off Andrew Vasquez, and Cody Bellinger brought him home
with a single to right.
The Cubs' lead evaporated in the bottom of the inning. Detroit
loaded the bases against Michael Fulmer on a Torkelson double,
Carpenter single and Matt Vierling walk. Baez drove in two runs
with a bloop double to right, and Zach McKinstry tied it with a
bloop single to center.
Chicago quickly regained the advantage against Beau Brieske
(0-1) in the ninth. Yan Gomes led off with a double and Madrigal
followed with a run-scoring double down the left field line.
Mike Tauchman reached on an infield single. Madrigal later
scored on Happ's fielder's-choice grounder.
Vierling's two-out single in the ninth scored Torkelson to cut
Chicago's lead to one. Parker Meadows, who made his major league
debut on Monday, then flied out to end the game. He went
1-for-5.
--Field Level Media
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