Michael Busch and Ian Happ homered, and Jameson Taillon and three relievers combined for a five-hitter as the Chicago Cubs beat the Baltimore Orioles 9-2 on Tuesday night.
Taillon allowed two runs and four hits with seven strikeouts and a walk over six innings. The 32-year-old right-hander retired the last 11 batters he faced.
The Cubs improved to 10-4 against the Orioles since 2014, and have won four of the last five games since Aug. 18, 2022. Happ’s three-run homer gave Chicago a 7-2 lead in the fourth inning. With his 395-blast to right field, Happ joined as the only Cubs players to have a homer land on Eutaw Street. Happ, who entering the game with a .171 average on the road — the lowest in the majors among qualifying hitters, according to STATS — finished 2 for 4 with a walk.hit his 15th home run of the season in the second inning for the Orioles, who entered the game with the best record in the American League.
Tomás Nido hit a run-scoring sacrifice fly that gave the Cubs a 2-0 lead in the second. A diving catch by Orioles right fielder was reinstated from the 15-day IL. Leiter entered in the eighth and retired the three batters he faced. In a corresponding move,hit for the first time since getting the stitches on his left thumb and entered the game as a pinch runner in the eighth.
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