Major League Baseball

FINAL Tuesday, March 9, 2021
Oakland Athletics 8
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Chicago Cubs 9
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Sloan Park · 3,423 att.

Top Performers

OAK

  • Mark Canha · ·
  • Buddy Reed · ·
  • Jed Lowrie · ·
  • Pete Kozma · ·

CHC

  • Ian Happ · ·
  • Jose Lobaton · ·
  • Willson Contreras · ·
  • Chase Strumpf · ·

Recent Plays

  1. · 7th Inning
  2. · 7th Inning Ortega homered to right, Lobatón scored, Strumpf scored and Avelino scored.
  3. · 7th Inning Pitch 2 : Ball In Play
  4. · 7th Inning Pitch 1 : Ball 1
  5. · 7th Inning Nik Turley pitches to Rafael Ortega
  6. · 7th Inning
  7. · 7th Inning Avelino singled to left center, Strumpf to second, Lobatón to third.
  8. · 7th Inning Pitch 1 : Ball In Play

Head to Head

CHC lead series 1-0

Injuries

Chicago Cubs

  • Justin Steele 60-Day-IL
  • Shelby Miller 60-Day-IL
  • Ben Brown 60-Day-IL
  • Phil Maton 60-Day-IL
  • Riley Martin 60-Day-IL

Oakland Athletics

  • Max Muncy Out
  • Seth Johnson Out
  • J.T. Ginn 60-Day-IL
  • Brent Rooker 60-Day-IL
  • Nick Kurtz 60-Day-IL

Lineups

CHC

  1. 8Ian HappCF
  2. 40Willson ContrerasC
  3. 3Joc PedersonLF
  4. 22Jason HeywardRF
  5. 12David Bote3B
  6. 4Eric Sogard2B
  7. 6Ildemaro VargasSS
  8. 35Nick MartiniDH
  9. 9Matt Duffy1B

OAK

  1. 33Mark CanhaCF
  2. 8Jed Lowrie2B
  3. 28Matt Olson1B
  4. 26Matt Chapman3B
  5. 18Mitch MorelandDH
  6. 9Chad PinderLF
  7. 18Elvis AndrusSS
  8. 73Skye BoltRF
  9. 29Carlos PerezC

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