Swanson hits 2 homers, drives in 6 runs to lead Cubs to an 11-7 win over
the Rockies
[August 30, 2025]
By MICHAEL KELLY
DENVER (AP) — Dansby Swanson hit two homers and drove
in a season-high six runs as the Chicago Cubs beat the Colorado Rockies
11-7 on Friday night to keep pace with NL Central-leading Milwaukee.
Swanson had the 10th multi-homer game of his career and first since Aug.
1, 2023, against Cincinnati. |
Chicago Cubs' Ian Happ (8) is congratulated by third base coach Quintin
Berry, left, after hitting a. solo home run against the Colorado Rockies
during the fourth inning of a baseball game Friday, Aug. 29, 2025, in
Denver. (AP Photo/Jack Dempsey) |
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Ian Happ homered and doubled twice and Michael
Busch also went deep for Chicago, which ended a three-game skid
and remained 6 1/2 games behind the Brewers, who beat Toronto
7-2 on Friday night.
Cubs rookie right-hander Cade Horton (9-4) allowed two runs on
six hits in five innings with four strikeouts.
Colorado starter German Marquez (3-12) was activated from the
15-day injured list to make his first start since July 20th. He
struggled through 3 2/3 innings, allowing eight runs on nine
hits with three walks.
Swanson gave the Cubs a 2-0 lead in the second inning with his
first homer and had a bases-loaded triple off the wall in
right-center in a six-run fifth inning that made it 8-2.
Happ led off the fourth with his 17th homer of the season after
Yanquiel Fernandez had pulled Colorado within 3-2 with his third
homer of the season and second in two games.
Swanson led off the seventh with his 21st homer of the season
and Busch hit his 26th two outs later to make it 11-3.
The Rockies scored twice in the seventh and Kyle Farmer hit a
two-run homer in the eighth.
Key moment
After Fernandez led off the eighth with a double, Busch made an
over-the-shoulder catch of Orlando Arcia's blooper behind first
base that saved a run later in the inning.
Key stats
The last time Swanson had six RBIs was Aug. 19, 2021, when he
was with Atlanta.
Up next
Cubs righty Javier Assad (0-1, 3.86) will face rookie McCade
Brown (0-1, 9.82), who makes his Coors Field debut for Colorado
on Saturday night.
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