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On a 3-2 splitter from Neris, Lowe rocked his
third homer to right center for his fourth career walk-off hit
and the Rays' fifth this season.
Tampa Bay's Yandy Diaz and Ben Rortvedt each produced two hits
and a walk, while Chris Devenski (2-1) tossed a perfect ninth.
In his second start since coming off the injured list, Zach
Eflin yielded two runs by scattering seven hits over 5 2/3
innings. He struck out three without issuing a walk.
Chicago's Christopher Morel was 2-for-4 with a solo homer and
scored twice. Pete Crow-Armstrong went 2-for-4 with a stolen
base, and David Bote went 2-for-2 with an RBI.
After allowing five runs on 10 hits in five innings against the
Chicago White Sox in his previous outing, Cubs starter Jameson
Taillon held the Rays scoreless over six innings of four-hit
ball. The right-hander fanned five with a walk.
In just Chicago's third visit ever to Tampa Bay's domed park,
the National League Central club put itself in a good spot in
the second inning after two-out singles by Michael Busch and
Crow-Armstrong.
However, following Crow-Armstrong's eighth steal in eight
attempts, Eflin retired Miguel Amaya on a fly to right.
Taillon extricated himself from a similar predicament in the
third, getting Lowe on a popout after singles by Rortvedt and
Diaz.
Batting cleanup, Morel put the Cubs up 1-0 with a majestic home
run to left center, the ninth surrendered by Eflin. The third
baseman lifted his 13th long ball, a 409-foot blast, on a 90 mph
sinker.
Against reliever Garrett Cleavinger with two outs in the sixth,
pinch hitter Bote ripped a hard single on the first offering
from the left-hander to score Morel for a 2-0 edge.
The Rays trimmed it to 2-1 in the seventh on a wild pitch from
Hayden Wesneski, who was one strike from ending the inning after
relieving Mark Leiter Jr.
Tampa Bay's Randy Arozarena (right hamstring) was a late scratch
from the starting lineup but grounded out as a pinch hitter in
the seventh.
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