Bobby Witt Jr. hit a go-ahead home run and Cole Ragans pitched six effective innings to help the Kansas City Royals end a three-game skid with a 4-3 victory over the Chicago Cubs on Friday.
Ragans struck out nine while allowing eight hits and all three Chicago runs. He struck out three straight batters to end his final inning.
Jameson Taillon was charged with two earned runs after allowing six hits and striking out three in the first six innings. Kansas City’s Matt Duffy reached on an error to start the sixth before Witt knocked his 24th homer of the season into center field. The Cubs answered with a three-run, five-hit fourth that included RBI singles from Jeimer Candelario and Christopher Morel.Cubs All-Star RHP Marcus Stroman said he doesn’t know when he’ll return from a rib injury. Stroman went on the 15-day injured list Aug. 1 with right hip inflammation but a subsequent MRI revealed a right rib cartilage fracture. The club had hoped to activate him for a series against the Chicago White Sox earlier in the week.
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