Chicago Cubs at Miami Marlins

· Major League Baseball

Chicago Cubs

81-62, 40-31 Away

Final
6 - 5

Miami Marlins

71-72, 42-29 Home

Conforto homers, Hoerner has 3 hits to lead the Cubs past the Marlins, 6-5

Michael Busch and Miguel Amaya each doubled and singled for the Cubs, who finished with 13 hits. Cubs star outfielder Pete Crow-Armstrong singled, walked and drove in a run, while Ian Happ had two hits and two RBI.

Kyle Stowers and Griffin Conine homered for two of the Marlins’ six hits.

Ryan Rolison (8-1) got the final out in the seventh and first in the eighth for the win. Ryan Zeferjahn pitched the last 1 2/3 innings for his fifth save. After a 3-2 called third strike with two out to Conine in the ninth was overturned on the ABS review, Zeferjahn retired Otto Lopez on a flyout to right.

Cubs starter Javier Assad allowed three runs and three hits over 4 2/3 innings. Recalled from Triple-A Saturday, Assad walked five and struck out three.

Caleb Thielbar relieved Assad with a runner on in the fifth and allowed Conine’s drive into the upper deck in right that got Miami within 5-4.

Busch singled in a run in the sixth to make it 6-4 before Miami narrowed it to one again on Stowers’ solo homer in the seventh.

Conforto’s solo homer and Happ’s two-run single in the third off Marlins starter Ryan Gusto (1-4) in the third put the Cubs ahead 3-0.

Chicago padded the lead on Crow-Armstrong’s RBI single in the fourth.

Up next Cubs RHP Clay Holmes (6-6, 2.09 ERA) was set to oppose RHP Tyler Phillips (4-6, 3.43) on Sunday in the series finale.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Lopez flied out to right.
	9th Inning	Conine walked. Miami Marlins challenged: call on the field was overturned.
	9th Inning	Hernández struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Stowers grounded out to second.
	9th Inning	Shaw flied out to left.
	9th Inning	Ramirez struck out swinging.

Statistics

CHC		MIA
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
1	Hit By Pitch	2
12	Ground Balls	12
9	Strikeouts	7
6	Runs Batted In	5
1	Sacrifice Hit	0
13	Hits	6
0	Stolen Bases	0
6	Walks	7
0	Catcher Interference	0
6	Runs	5
1	Ground Into Double Play	2
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
36	At Bats	31
1	Home Runs	2
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
26	Runners Left On Base	18
0	Triples	0
1	Game Winning RBIs	0
0	Intentional Walks	0
2	Doubles	2
16	Fly Balls	12
1	Caught Stealing	0
184	Pitches	155
0	Games Started	0
0	Pinch At Bats	3
0	Pinch Hits	1
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
1	Is Qualified In Steals	0
18	Total Bases	14
44	Plate Appearances	40
162.0	Projected Home Runs	324.0
3	Extra Base Hits	4
7.9	Runs Created	5.2
.361	Batting Average	.194
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.333
.500	Slugging Percentage	.452
.278	Secondary Average	.484
.465	On Base Percentage	.375
.965	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.827
0.8	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	1.0
8.2	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	5.2
44.0	Batter Rating	36.0
36.0	At Bats Per Home Run	15.5
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
4.18	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.88
.139	Isolated Power	.258
0.67	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	1.00
.136	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.175
-.083	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.290
12.0	Runs Produced	10.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.6	Patience Ratio	0.6
0.5	Balls In Play Average	0.2
95.8	MLB Rating	83.3
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0