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Jordan Wicks (1-2) allowed two runs on five
hits in a season-high six innings for the Cubs. He didn't issue
a walk and picked up four strikeouts. Ben Brown, Mark Leiter Jr.
and Yency Almonte combined for three scoreless innings of
relief.
Jake Meyers hit a solo homer and Jose Altuve and Kyle Tucker had
two hits apiece for Houston, which has lost 10 of its past 13
games. The Astros have scored a total of six runs during their
current three-game skid.
Ian Happ, who returned to the lineup after missing three games
due to left hamstring tightness, began the Cubs' first-inning
outburst with a one-out double. Bellinger followed with his
fifth homer of the season, a two-run blast to right field.
After Michael Busch struck out, France walked Christopher Morel
and gave up a single to Dansby Swanson before Tauchman homered
to left field.
Houston pushed across a run in the fourth inning when Yainer
Diaz's two-out double scored Tucker from second base. The Astros
pulled closer on Meyers' two-out solo homer to left field in the
fifth inning.
France pitched five innings, allowing five runs on five hits,
with four walks and six strikeouts.
The Cubs loaded the bases with one out in the sixth inning
against Tayler Scott and moved ahead 6-2 when Swanson scored on
Nico Hoerner's fielder's choice.
Tauchman hit a leadoff homer in the eighth inning against Seth
Martinez. Tauchman is 9-for-20 (.450) with two homers and six
RBIs in his past six games.
Bellinger exited the game in the seventh inning with a right rib
contusion. He was unable to make a catch after hitting the
center field wall on Diaz's double in the fourth.
--Field Level Media
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