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Chicago's Hector Neris blew a save when he
allowed five runs in the top of the eighth, two of the runs
charged to him. Advert Alzolay (1-0) pitched the ninth to garner
his first win of the season, working around a leadoff single by
Kris Bryant.
Nick Mears (0-1) absorbed the loss for the Rockies, who finished
a season-opening road trip at 1-6, having lost the last four
games. Starter Cal Quantrill allowed four hits, four runs and
four walks in four innings, striking out three.
Chicago, which earned its fourth straight win, went with Luke
Little as its opener and then brought Ben Brown in to start the
second. Brown lasted four-plus innings, allowing just one run
and fanning five, and was in line for his first major league win
until the bullpen coughed up an 8-2 lead.
Colorado tied the score when Ezequiel Tovar ripped a two-out
double to left, scoring Charlie Blackmon to cap its five-run
eighth inning. The Cubs offered plenty of help in the inning
with a pair of walks and a throwing error by second baseman Nico
Hoerner on Blackmon's infield single.
Chicago scored four runs in the second, getting sacrifice flies
from Michael Busch and Amaya as well as a two-run single from
Suzuki. In the fifth, Suzuki upped the margin to 5-0 by clouting
his second homer of the season, a solo shot to left-center
field.
Bryant's first hit in 19 at-bats this season, an RBI single, got
the Rockies on the board in the sixth. Blackmon went 3-for-5
with two RBIs, and Bryant wound up with two hits.
--Field Level Media
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