Cubs complete 4-game sweep of Phillies
Chicago Cubs' Dansby Swanson, center, celebrates with Carson Kelly, right, and Matt Shaw after driving in the game-winning run in the 10th inning of a baseball game against the Philadelphia Phillies, Thursday in Chicago. (AP Photo/Erin Hooley)
CHICAGO (AP) — Dansby Swanson had his first game-ending hit in five years, and the Chicago Cubs rebounded from a pair of blown leads to beat Philadelphia 8-7 in 10 innings Thursday for their ninth straight win and the Phillies’ ninth loss in a row. Chicago led 6-2 before Philadelphia closed with three runs in the seventh. Pinch-hitter Edmundo Sosa had a tying single off Jacob Webb in the eighth, Seiya Suzuki put Chicago back ahead 7-6 when he homered against Brad Keller in the bottom half and pinch-hitter Adolis García retied the score when he went deep off Caleb Theilbar in the ninth. Swanson’s opposite-field, one-out single to right-center off Tanner Banks (0-2) drove in automatic runner Ian Happ from third for Swanson’s first walk-off hit with the Cubs, giving the win to Javier Assad (2-1). Chicago had a season-high 18 hits and is on its longest winning streak since taking 11 in a row from July 31 through Aug. 12 in 2016 – the year the Cubs won their first World Series since 1908. Philadelphia has lost nine straight for the first time since Sept. 20-28, 2018. The Phillies haven’t lost 10 in a row since an 11-game skid from Sept. 4-14, 1999. Michael Busch had a three-run homer and four RBIs. Suzuki had three hits and has three homers in three games. Brandon Marsh hit a pair of solo homers and finished with three hits on warm day with wind blowing out at Wrigley Field. Cubs starter Edward Cabrera allowed five runs — three earned — and five hits in a season-high seven innings. Christopher Sánchez gave up six runs and 13 hits in 5 1/3 innings. DODGERS 3, GIANTS 0 SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Tyer Glasnow and Tanner Scott combined on a one-hitter and the Los Angeles Dodgers avoided a three-game series sweep with a 3-0 win over the San Francisco Giants on Thursday. Kyle Tucker and Hyeseong King had two hits apiece as the NL West-leading Dodgers won for the second time in six games. Kim and Dalton Rushing each had an RBI. Shohei Ohtani finished 0 for 5 with two strikeouts. Glasnow (3-0), who has never pitched a complete game in the majors, struck out nine and allowed one hit and a walk in eight innings. The 32-year-old right-hander threw 105 pitches, 69 for strikes, and retired the final 14 batters he faced. Scott got the final three outs in his first save of the season as the Dodgers notched their second shutout of the season. Los Angeles also got a boost from its offense. Held to one run in the first two games of the series, the Dodgers jumped out to a 1-0 lead on Rushing’s RBI single off Giants starter Logan Web with two out in the second. Los Angeles made it 3-0 in the fourth when Muncy doubled and scored on center fielder Drew Gilbert’s throwing error. Kim added a two-out RBI single. Luis Arraez singled in the first for the Giants’ only hit. San Francisco had only one runner get past first base and lost for the second time in seven games. Webb (2-3) allowed three runs and seven hits in seven innings and finished with five strikeouts and two walks. TIGERS 5, BREWERS 4 DETROIT (AP) — Spencer Torkelson hit a walk-off home run and Riley Greene had two hits, including a two-run homer, to rally the Detroit Tigers to a 5-4 win over the Milwaukee Brewers on Thursday. He blasted the solo shot to left-center off reliever Abner Uribe (1-1). It was the second straight game that Torkelson homered. Detroit tied the game at 4 in the eighth inning off Jahmai Jones’ second home run of the year. Reliever Brant Hurter (2-0) shut down Milwaukee in the ninth to set up the Tigers’ win. The Brewers rallied from a 3-1 deficit in the seventh. Blake Perkins tied the game with a double off of Tarik Skubal that scored Gary Sanchez and Luis Matos. David Hamilton then put the Brewers up 4-3 when his single off reliever Tyler Holton brought home Perkins. Skubal had been dominant early in the game, retiring the first 11 batters and throwing strikes on 24 of his first 26 pitches. He finished allowing four runs on seven hits and striking out five. Greene gave the Tigers a 2-0 lead in the first with his homer into left-center that scored Kevin McGonigle from third. William Contreras doubled in the fourth inning and scored when Gary Sanchez drove him in on a double to right. The Tigers went up 3-1 in the seventh when Dillon Dingler’s grounder drove in Colt Keith. The win pushed the Tigers to an MLB-best 10-2 at home.