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05/13 20:57 CDT Yastrzemski drives in tiebreaking run, Dubn and Baldwin homer
as Braves beat Cubs 4-1
Yastrzemski drives in tiebreaking run, Dubn and Baldwin homer as Braves beat
Cubs 4-1
By PAUL NEWBERRY
Associated Press
ATLANTA (AP) --- Mike Yastrzemski drove in the tiebreaking run with a pinch-hit
double in the eighth inning, and Mauricio Dubn finished off Chicago with a
two-run homer that carried the Atlanta Braves to a 4-1 victory over the Chicago
Cubs on Wednesday night.
The Braves extended baseball's best record to 30-13 and made it two in a row
over the Cubs, who arrived in Atlanta with the NL's second-best mark but now
have lost a season-high four in a row.
Shota Imanaga (4-3) was the hard-luck loser for Chicago. He pitched into the
eighth, surrendering a homer to Drake Baldwin but left with the score tied at 1
after giving up an infield single to Michael Harris II leading off the decisive
inning.
Ha-Seong Kim followed with his first hit of the season, a single to left
against Phil Maton. Pinch-hitter Dominic Smith struck out, but manager Walt
Weiss got the hit he needed when he sent up Yastrzemski to bat for Jos Azcar.
Robert Suarez (4-0) earned the win with a scoreless eighth and Raisel Iglesias
remained scoreless on the season with his eighth save.
Baldwin went deep in the fourth inning, turning a sweeper into a 402-foot drive
into the Braves bullpen in deep right-center.
The Cubs tied the game their next time up and finished off Braves rookie
starter JR Ritchie. Carson Kelly led off with a single and Ritchie was lifted
after a one-out walk to Dansby Swanson. Tyler Kinley couldn't escape the jam,
giving up an RBI single to Nico Hoerner.
Ritchie went 4 1/3 innings, giving up just two hits but struggling a bit with
his command. He walked three while throwing 87 pitches in his fourth big league
start.
The Cubs managed just four hits --- all singles --- after being held to a
single hit in the series opener, a 5-2 victory for the Braves.
Up next
The teams wrap up their three-game series on Thursday, with LHP Chris Sale
(6-2, 2.20 ERA) going for the Braves against Cubs RHP Ben Brown (1-1, 1.82).
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