Chicago Cubs at Cleveland Guardians

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Chicago Cubs

59-63, 27-36 Away

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Cleveland Guardians

72-49, 38-20 Home

Alex Cobb gets first win in nearly a year and AL-leading Guardians beat Cubs 6-1

José Ramírez, Josh Naylor and Will Brennan also had RBI for Cleveland, which swept the three-game series and extended its winning streak to five. The Guardians are 72-49 and have the best home record in the majors at 38-20.

Cleveland’s current surge began after it lost a season-high seven straight from Aug. 3-9.

“That was a tough stretch, but it says a lot about the criteria of the team and the way we approach difficult situations,” Giménez said through an interpreter. “We kept doing the process and doing what we need to do. That tells you a lot about what baseball is.”

Cobb (1-1) allowed one run and three hits in 5 2/3 innings with three strikeouts and two walks, picking up his first win since a one-hitter for San Francisco against Cincinnati last Aug. 29.

“It’s been nice to have someone here who is going through the same thing and you can bounce stuff off of,” Cobb said. “At certain times, I feel great, and when you’re out there, you go into attack mode. But I’m definitely not in midseason form.”

Jameson Taillon (8-7) allowed four runs in six innings as the Cubs lost their third straight following a four-game win streak. Chicago is 5 1/2 games out of a National League wild-card spot.

Chicago had taken a 1-0 lead in the fourth when Seiya Suzuki tripled high off the center-field wall and scored on Cody Bellinger’s sacrifice fly. The Cubs managed just five hits against four Guardians pitchers.

“That is a good baseball team for sure, but getting swept is no good,” Chicago manager Craig Counsell said. “It’s disappointing because we played two pretty good games the last two days, but didn’t make much contact tonight, obviously.”

Naylor doubled in Ramírez, then scored on Giménez’s single in the fourth. In the eighth, Giménez doubled off Julian Merryweather to plate Ramírez and Lane Thomas.

“It’s almost like we get going after we get punched,” Cleveland manager Stephen Vogt said. “When the other team takes an early lead, we seem to go right back out and answer.”

TRAINER’S ROOM

Cubs: Bellinger (left middle finger) has exclusively played DH in 13 games since returning from a broken finger on July 30, but Counsell said he is likely to return to center field this weekend against Toronto.

Guardians: LHP Sam Hentges (left shoulder soreness) traveled to the Dallas area for a second opinion on his shoulder. Hentges failed to record an out in his last rehab outing for Triple-A Columbus on Aug. 7.

Cubs: RHP Kyle Hendricks (3-10, 6.60 ERA) faces Blue Jays RHP Yariel Rodríguez (1-5, 3.60 ERA) in the opener of a three-game home series Friday.

Guardians: RHP Gavin Williams (2-4, 4.38 ERA) takes on Brewers RHP Aaron Civale (3-8, 5.02 ERA) in the first game of a week-long trip Friday.

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Matchup Prediction

Guardians: 58.0%

Cubs: 42.0%

*According to ESPN's Basketball Power Index

Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Hoerner flied out to right.
	9th Inning	Paredes grounded out to second, Bellinger to second.
	9th Inning	Bellinger singled to center.
	9th Inning	Suzuki struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Barlow relieved Herrin
	8th Inning	Rocchio flied out to left.

Statistics

CHC		CLE
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	1
9	Ground Balls	10
5	Strikeouts	6
1	Runs Batted In	6
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
5	Hits	7
0	Stolen Bases	3
2	Walks	4
0	Catcher Interference	0
1	Runs	6
1	Ground Into Double Play	1
1	Sacrifice Flies	0
30	At Bats	30
0	Home Runs	0
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
9	Runners Left On Base	12
1	Triples	1
0	Game Winning RBIs	1
0	Intentional Walks	0
2	Doubles	2
17	Fly Balls	14
0	Caught Stealing	0
142	Pitches	130
0	Games Started	0
2	Pinch At Bats	0
1	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
0	Is Qualified In Steals	1
9	Total Bases	11
33	Plate Appearances	35
0.0	Projected Home Runs	0.0
3	Extra Base Hits	3
1.5	Runs Created	4.4
.167	Batting Average	.233
.500	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.300	Slugging Percentage	.367
.200	Secondary Average	.367
.212	On Base Percentage	.343
.512	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.710
0.5	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.7
1.5	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	5.0
15.5	Batter Rating	40.5
0.0	At Bats Per Home Run	0.0
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	1.00
4.30	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.71
.133	Isolated Power	.133
0.40	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.67
.061	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.114
.033	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.133
2.0	Runs Produced	12.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.3	Patience Ratio	0.5
0.2	Balls In Play Average	0.3
68.3	MLB Rating	83.8
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0