Los Angeles Angels at Chicago Cubs

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Los Angeles Angels

36-51, 18-25 Away

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Chicago Cubs

41-48, 24-20 Home

Justin Steele pitches a 2-hitter for his first career complete game as Cubs beat Angels 5-1

Steele (1-3) dazzled in his first victory in 13 starts this season. The left-hander threw 95 pitches, striking out seven and walking two, while lowering his ERA from 3.20 to 2.95.

The crowd of 36,948 cheered when he came out for the ninth inning and roared when Brandon Drury grounded out to end the game. Steele hugged catcher Tomás Nido.

“That was special,” Steele said. “Wrigley's a special place. Fans are aware at all times of what's going on. They knew it was a special moment for me, to myself. The field, the crowd, and energy — everything behind me — it's truly special. The Wrigley faithful, it's really hard to put into words how special they are.”

The Cubs won their second straight after losing eight of 10. The Angels dropped their fifth in a row since a season-high six-game win streak.

Steele won 16 games last season and made his first All-Star team. He missed six weeks this year after straining his left hamstring in the opener at Texas and has been on a roll, with a 1.67 ERA in his past eight starts.

This time, he got the run support he needed.

Suzuki hit a two-run drive in the first inning against Griffin Canning (3-9), driving a 2-2 pitch to the basket for his 12th home run and fourth in nine games. Ian Happ added RBI singles in the third and fifth after driving in a career-high six runs in Thursday’s romp over Philadelphia. Nido doubled and scored in the sixth, and third baseman Miles Mastrobuoni made some slick plays, including one on the game's first pitch when he lunged to his right to snag Taylor Ward's line drive.

"It was Cubbie baseball, you know?" Mastrobuoni said. “This locker room's very talented. When we put the things together, I'll take this team up against anybody.”

Shut out the previous two games at Oakland, Los Angeles scored and got its only hits in the fifth. Keston Hiura singled and came home from second on Ward's base hit.

Canning lasted 4 1/3 innings, allowing four runs and six hits.

TRAINER'S ROOM

Angels: The Angels placed 3B Luis Rengifo (right wrist inflammation) on the 10-day injured list. Rengifo exited Wednesday’s game at Oakland after fouling a ball off his lower right arm near the wrist. He had an MRI on Friday. ... 3B Anthony Rendon (left hamstring strain) was to face live pitching against minor leaguers Friday and Saturday at Angel Stadium, manager Ron Washington said. He is expected to get 15 to 20 at-bats each day.

Cubs: CF Pete Crow-Armstrong was out of the lineup for the second straight game after suffering a cut on his left hand against Philadelphia on Wednesday. Manager Craig Counsell said the hand was swollen. ... RHP Yency Almonte (strained right shoulder) was still deciding between surgery or a strengthening program. Almonte has been out since May 7. “Tomorrow, I may have a bigger update for you on that,” Counsell said.

Cubs RHP Kyle Hendricks (1-6, 7.48 ERA) and Angels LHP Tyler Anderson (7-8, 3.03) both look to bounce back after getting hit hard in losses on Sunday. Hendricks gave up seven runs in 3 2/3 innings at Milwaukee. Anderson lasted 4 2/3 innings against Detroit and allowed six runs.

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Matchup Prediction

Cubs: 65.6%

Angels: 34.4%

*According to ESPN's Basketball Power Index

Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Drury grounded out to third.
	9th Inning	O'Hoppe popped out to first.
	9th Inning	Pillar flied out to left.
	8th Inning	Mastrobuoni lined out to left.
	8th Inning	Swanson flied out to right.
	8th Inning	Morel grounded out to second.

Statistics

LAA		CHC
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	0
14	Ground Balls	4
7	Strikeouts	6
1	Runs Batted In	5
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
2	Hits	9
0	Stolen Bases	0
2	Walks	2
0	Catcher Interference	0
1	Runs	5
0	Ground Into Double Play	0
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
30	At Bats	33
0	Home Runs	1
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
6	Runners Left On Base	11
0	Triples	0
0	Game Winning RBIs	1
0	Intentional Walks	0
0	Doubles	3
9	Fly Balls	23
0	Caught Stealing	0
95	Pitches	134
0	Games Started	0
0	Pinch At Bats	0
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
0	Is Qualified In Steals	0
2	Total Bases	15
32	Plate Appearances	35
0.0	Projected Home Runs	162.0
0	Extra Base Hits	4
-1.2	Runs Created	4.8
.067	Batting Average	.273
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.067	Slugging Percentage	.455
.067	Secondary Average	.242
.125	On Base Percentage	.314
.192	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.769
1.6	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.2
-1.2	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	5.4
6.0	Batter Rating	38.0
0.0	At Bats Per Home Run	33.0
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
2.97	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.83
.000	Isolated Power	.182
0.29	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.33
.063	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.057
.000	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	-.030
2.0	Runs Produced	10.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.1	Patience Ratio	0.5
0.1	Balls In Play Average	0.3
56.8	MLB Rating	86.0
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0