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Los Angeles struggled at the plate, but managed
to give Chicago a scare by loading the bases in the ninth
inning. Chicago's Hector Neris recorded the one-out save, his
12th of the year, to preserve the victory.
Wesneski (3-5) had two strikeouts and one walk in the winning
effort. He was relieved midway through the seventh inning, when
the Angels threatened with two runners on base.
That was the only other instance where Los Angeles came close to
scoring, but Cubs reliever Porter Hodge got his team out of the
jam and the Angels stranded runners on second and third base.
Chicago took a 2-0 lead in the third inning, after Miguel Amaya
had an RBI single, and Nico Hoerner followed with a sacrifice
fly.
The Cubs got another run in the fifth, when Busch grounded into
a double play with the bases loaded.
Busch added a two-run home run, his 11th of the year, in the
seventh inning. The Cubs had seven hits as a team.
Jose Soriano (4-7) was saddled with the loss for the Angels. He
gave up three runs on six hits over five innings. He also had
three strikeouts and one walk.
Brandon Drury, Taylor Ward and Kevin Pillar recorded the Angels'
lone hits of the game. Drury hit a hard grounder for a single in
the first inning. Ward and Pillar each had infield singles in
the ninth inning.
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