CHICAGO -- Kyle Hendricks laid the foundation, the bats came alive and the Cubs’ bullpen hung on in its first test since closer Craig Kimbrel went on the injured list.
Hendricks allowed just one hit and struck out five over 6 1/3 innings, Ian Happ hit a tiebreaking homer, Javier
CHICAGO -- Kyle Hendricks laid the foundation, the bats came alive and the Cubs’ bullpen hung on in its first test since closer Craig Kimbrel went on the injured list.
Hendricks allowed just one hit and struck out five over 6 1/3 innings, Ian Happ hit a tiebreaking homer, Javier Baez went deep twice and David Phelps earned his first save of the season as the Cubs won their fourth straight game, 6-5, over the Athletics on Monday night at Wrigley Field.
Happ’s pinch-hit solo shot snapped a 2-2 tie and sparked a four-run seventh inning. Nicholas Castellanos, who hit his first home run in a Cubs uniform in the first inning, added an RBI double and Baez’s second homer capped the rally as the Cubs got to A’s reliever Blake Treinen.
The A’s got to within a run in the eighth as Cubs reliever Steve Cishek allowed a double to Jurickson Profar before surrendering back-to-back home runs to pinch-hitter Nick Martini and Marcus Semien.
The Cubs' bullpen -- without the injured Pedro Strop and Kimbrel, who was placed on the 10-day injured list before Monday’s game -- was able to close out the victory as Brandon Kintzler got Mark Canha to ground out to end the eighth with the tying run on third and Phelps escaped another jam in the ninth.
Kyle Ryan quickly recorded two outs in the ninth before allowing a walk and a single to pinch-hitter Chad Pinder, which put the tying run on second base and the go-ahead run at first. But Phelps got Semien to fly out to the warning track in left to end the game.
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