Chicago Cubs at Baltimore Orioles

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Chicago Cubs

51-40, 24-21 Away

Final
5 - 2

Baltimore Orioles

42-50, 24-24 Home

Cubs left-hander Matthew Boyd blanks Orioles over 6 innings in 5-2 victory

Chicago Cubs vs. Baltimore Orioles: Game Highlights

Miguel Amaya scored three times for the Cubs, who have won 11 of 14 to tighten their grip on the top spot in the NL wild card.

Making his third start since being sidelined for seven weeks with a knee injury, Boyd (4-1) allowed three hits, struck out seven and walked two. The left-hander is 2-0 with a 1.72 ERA since returning from the injured list on June 25.

Cubs reliever Ryan Rolison entered in the seventh with a 4-0 lead and promptly gave up two singles and a walk to load the bases. Adley Rutschman delivered a two-out, two-run single off former Oriole Jacob Webb before Gunnar Henderson struck out.

Tyler Ferguson worked a perfect eighth and Trent Thornton got three straight outs for his second save.

Baltimore starter Shane Baz (4-8) retired the first eight batters he faced, but ended up yielding three runs and six hits in six innings.

Bregman hit an RBI single in the third and brought home Amaya with a fielder's choice grounder in the fifth for a 3-0 lead.

Amaya singled and scored on a sacrifice fly by Michael Busch in the seventh, and Dansby Swanson made it 5-2 with an RBI single in the eighth.

The start of the game was delayed for 56 minutes because of the threat of rain. The grounds crew stood poised behind the rolled-up tarp for about an hour, but the rain never came.

Up next Right-hander Colin Rea (6-5, 4.74 ERA) starts for the Cubs on Wednesday night against Baltimore righty Dean Kremer (1-1, 3.18).

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Taveras grounded out to shortstop.
	9th Inning	O'Neill struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Alexander grounded out to third.
	9th Inning	Thornton relieved Ferguson
	9th Inning	Busch flied out to center.
	9th Inning	Bregman grounded out to third.

Statistics

CHC		BAL
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	1
10	Ground Balls	11
5	Strikeouts	12
5	Runs Batted In	2
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
10	Hits	6
1	Stolen Bases	0
3	Walks	3
0	Catcher Interference	0
5	Runs	2
1	Ground Into Double Play	1
1	Sacrifice Flies	0
35	At Bats	32
0	Home Runs	0
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
11	Runners Left On Base	18
0	Triples	0
1	Game Winning RBIs	0
0	Intentional Walks	0
2	Doubles	0
21	Fly Balls	9
0	Caught Stealing	0
148	Pitches	149
0	Games Started	0
0	Pinch At Bats	3
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
1	Is Qualified In Steals	0
12	Total Bases	6
39	Plate Appearances	36
0.0	Projected Home Runs	0.0
2	Extra Base Hits	0
4.3	Runs Created	1.4
.286	Batting Average	.188
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.343	Slugging Percentage	.188
.171	Secondary Average	.094
.333	On Base Percentage	.278
.676	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.465
0.5	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	1.2
4.3	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	1.4
35.0	Batter Rating	14.0
0.0	At Bats Per Home Run	0.0
1.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
3.79	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	4.14
.057	Isolated Power	.000
0.60	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.25
.077	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.083
-.114	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	-.094
10.0	Runs Produced	4.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.4	Patience Ratio	0.3
0.3	Balls In Play Average	0.3
84.8	MLB Rating	66.5
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0