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Bellinger, who finished 2-for-5, bashed
Cleavinger's pitch 407 feet to right-center for a 4-2 advantage
that stood up as Chicago moved to 2-4 on its seven-game road
trip. The finale is scheduled for Thursday.
Tyson Miller (1-0), who came on with two on and two outs in the
fifth for the Cubs, retired all four batters he faced, while
Hector Neris allowed a solo homer to Jose Caballero in the ninth
but notched his 10th save.
Seiya Suzuki was 2-for-3 with a homer and Michael Busch had two
hits as the Cubs totaled nine.
Chicago was 6-for-6 in stolen bases, including a pair by Nico
Hoerner.
Cubs starter Javier Assad surrendered two runs on five hits in 4
2/3 innings, striking out four and walking two. He also hit a
batter.
Tampa Bay's Jose Siri went 2-for-4 with a solo homer and double.
Isaac Paredes doubled in a run.
In 5 2/3 innings, Rays starter Aaron Civale yielded one run on
five hits while striking out six and walking one. He also hit a
batter.
The Cubs loaded the bases in the first inning against Civale,
but the right-hander got Hoerner on a high chopper that
shortstop Taylor Walls grabbed for a fielder's choice.
The Rays manufactured a run in the third when Walls walked and
stole second. He scored three batters later on Paredes' two-out
double.
Civale retired seven straight before Suzuki led off the fourth
with a drive to straightaway center. The tying homer was
Suzuki's eighth and traveled 408 feet.
Siri answered in the bottom half by mauling Assad's 78 mph
slider for his own leadoff shot. The towering, 435-foot blast,
his seventh, made it 2-1.
The Cubs challenged in the sixth behind Hoerner's single off
Civale and a pair of stolen bases against reliever Kevin Kelly.
However, Walls snared Dansby Swanson's smash on one hop while on
one knee, spun and fired across the infield to preserve the
lead.
With one out in the ninth, Caballero's fourth homer cut the
deficit to one run. Ben Rortvedt singled and Walls walked, but
Neris got Yandy Diaz on a groundout and Brandon Lowe on a flyout
for the save.
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