Cubs beat Angels 4-3 to complete a 3-game series sweep
[August 25, 2025]
BY DOUG PADILLA
ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Nico Hoerner had an RBI double
against former teammate Kyle Hendricks and the Chicago Cubs beat the Los
Angeles Angels 4-3 Sunday to complete a three-game series sweep.
Hoerner and Matt Shaw each had two hits in backing right-hander Jameson
Taillon (9-6), who allowed one run in five innings as the Cubs improved
to 8-2 in winning their third straight series. Right-hander Daniel
Palencia worked out of a ninth-inning jam for his 20th save. |
Los Angeles Angels' Zach Neto, right, steals second base as Chicago Cubs
second baseman Nico Hoerner, left, tries to tag him during the sixth
inning of a baseball game Sunday, Aug. 24, 2025, in Anaheim, Calif. (AP
Photo/Eric Thayer) |
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Taylor Ward hit his 30th homer for the Angels,
who fell to 2-7 since a three-game sweep of the Dodgers.
Hendricks (6-9) gave up four runs on five hits over 4 1/3
innings with three walks and two strikeouts in his first start
against his former club. He joined the Angels this season after
11 seasons with Chicago, where he played a key role in their
2016 World Series title.
Ward reached 30 homers for the first time in his career with a
first-inning blast for a 1-0 lead.
Kyle Tucker had a game-tying RBI single in the third inning and
Hoerner had his run-scoring double in the fourth. The Cubs
chased Hendricks in the fifth when they got a sacrifice fly from
Pete Crow-Armstrong and an RBI single from Carson Kelly for a
4-1 lead.
The Angels pulled within a run in the sixth on an RBI double by
Ward and a run-scoring grounder by Luis Rengifo.
Key moment
After he walked the go-ahead run with one out in the ninth,
Palencia struck out rookie Christian Moore on a full-count,
99.9-mph fastball, then ended it with a strikeout of Bryce
Teodoso.
Key stat
Tucker went 5 for 12 with three home runs and seven RBIs in the
series, after he was given a three-game rest against Milwaukee
last week,
Up next
Angels RHP Jose Soriano (8-9, 4.00 ERA) will face Texas on
Monday.
The Cubs have not named a starter for their series opener at San
Francisco on Tuesday.
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