Chicago Cubs at Colorado Rockies

· Major League Baseball

Chicago Cubs

78-58, 37-33 Away

Final
4 - 3

Colorado Rockies

38-98, 21-47 Home

Tucker and Assad power Cubs to a 4-3 win over the Rockies

Chicago Cubs vs. Colorado Rockies: Game Highlights

Tucker reached base four times and scored twice, and Michael Busch, Ian Happ and Seiya Suzuki had two hits apiece for the Cubs, who have won all five games against the Rockies this season.

Ezequiel Tovar had two hits and Mickey Moniak and Hunter Goodman had RBI for the Rockies, who have lost four in a row and eight of nine.

Assad (1-1) gave up three runs and seven hits in six innings in his fourth start of the year after missing four months with an oblique injury. He walked two and struck out one.

Assad's last victory came last Aug. 31, when he beat Washington 7-4. He was recalled from Triple-A Iowa on Tuesday when Jameson Taillon was placed on the injured list with a groin injury.

Daniel Palencia struck out two in a 1-2-3 ninth for his 21st save in 23 chances.

The Cubs remained two games ahead of San Diego in the race for the first NL wild-card spot.

Colorado right-hander McCade Brown (0-2) gave up three runs on four hits. He struck out three and walked three.

Tucker’s RBI single gave the Cubs a 4-1 led in the sixth before the Rockies closed within 4-3 in the sixth when Tyler Freeman singled, Moniak tripled and Goodman hit a sacrifice fly.

Key moment Palencia scooped up Tovar’s grounder between the mound and first and made a swipe tag to retire Tovar for the second out of the ninth.

Key stat Tucker has reached base in eight straight games with hits in seven while going 11 for 28 with three doubles, three homers and eight RBI.

Up next Cubs: LHP Matt Boyd (12-7, 2.82 ERA) will face Rockies RHP Tanner Gordon (5-5, 6.44) Sunday in the series finale.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Karros struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Tovar grounded out to pitcher.
	9th Inning	Doyle struck out looking.
	9th Inning	Palencia relieved Keller
	9th Inning	Crow-Armstrong grounded out to first.
	9th Inning	Hoerner flied out to right.

Statistics

CHC		COL
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
2	Hit By Pitch	0
11	Ground Balls	14
5	Strikeouts	4
4	Runs Batted In	2
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
9	Hits	7
1	Stolen Bases	0
6	Walks	2
0	Catcher Interference	0
4	Runs	3
3	Ground Into Double Play	2
2	Sacrifice Flies	1
32	At Bats	30
0	Home Runs	0
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
20	Runners Left On Base	5
1	Triples	1
1	Game Winning RBIs	0
1	Intentional Walks	0
2	Doubles	0
18	Fly Balls	13
0	Caught Stealing	0
161	Pitches	112
0	Games Started	0
1	Pinch At Bats	0
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
1	Is Qualified In Steals	0
13	Total Bases	9
42	Plate Appearances	33
0.0	Projected Home Runs	0.0
3	Extra Base Hits	1
5.5	Runs Created	1.9
.281	Batting Average	.233
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.406	Slugging Percentage	.300
.344	Secondary Average	.133
.405	On Base Percentage	.273
.811	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.573
0.6	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	1.1
5.3	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	2.0
32.5	Batter Rating	19.5
0.0	At Bats Per Home Run	0.0
1.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
3.83	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.39
.125	Isolated Power	.067
1.20	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.50
.143	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.061
.063	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	-.100
8.0	Runs Produced	5.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	0.7
0.5	Patience Ratio	0.3
0.3	Balls In Play Average	0.3
84.8	MLB Rating	74.0
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0