Cleveland Guardians at Chicago Cubs

· Major League Baseball

Cleveland Guardians

40-43, 20-23 Away

Final
2 - 5

Chicago Cubs

50-35, 26-15 Home

Boyd sharp, Suzuki homers as Cubs deal Guardians 5th straight loss

Cleveland Guardians vs. Chicago Cubs: Game Highlights

Carson Kelly doubled twice with a sac fly for three RBI. Michael Busch went 3-for-3 and drove in a run to help NL Central-leading Chicago win its 50th game.

Carlos Santana had two hits, including his 400th career double, but Cleveland dropped its fifth straight.

The Guardians scored two runs in the fourth — ending a skid of 17 straight scoreless innings — on Nolan Jones' RBI single and Angel Martínez's sacrifice fly. Cleveland has scored in just two of its last 45 innings.

Boyd (8-3) allowed two runs on five hits with five strikeout and one walk. The left-hander finished by retiring 11 straight hitters before Brad Keller entered for the eighth.

Daniel Palencia struck out two in a perfect ninth for his ninth save.

Cleveland's Gavin Williams (5-4) yielded four runs on seven hits and four walks.

The Cubs took a 3-0 lead in a quirky second on four straight hits.

Then Kelly was out at home when he tried to score from third after the ball got away from catcher Bo Naylor. Williams walked the next two hitters — Nico Hoerner and Matt Shaw — but picked both off first.

After Cleveland cut it to 3-2 in the fourth, Suzuki hit his solo shot to left in the sixth.

Key moment It looked like Cleveland's offense finally awakened in the fourth. But Boyd picked off Jones for the second out, then got Naylor to ground out.

Key stat Boyd tossed his 12th quality start in 17. He’s one win short of his career high of nine, reached with Detroit in 2018 and 2019

Up next Guardians RHP Tanner Bibee (4-8, 3.80 ERA) faces Cubs LHP Shota Imanaga (4-2, 2.54) on Wednesday.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Jones struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Thomas struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Santana flied out to right.
	9th Inning	Palencia relieved Keller
	8th Inning	Hoerner grounded into fielder's choice to shortstop, Busch out at second.
	8th Inning	Kelly hit sacrifice fly to right, Swanson scored.

Statistics

CLE		CHC
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	0
7	Ground Balls	11
8	Strikeouts	3
2	Runs Batted In	5
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
5	Hits	10
0	Stolen Bases	0
2	Walks	5
0	Catcher Interference	0
2	Runs	5
0	Ground Into Double Play	0
1	Sacrifice Flies	1
30	At Bats	29
0	Home Runs	1
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
8	Runners Left On Base	7
0	Triples	0
0	Game Winning RBIs	1
0	Intentional Walks	0
1	Doubles	2
16	Fly Balls	16
0	Caught Stealing	1
112	Pitches	131
0	Games Started	0
2	Pinch At Bats	0
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
0	Is Qualified In Steals	1
6	Total Bases	15
33	Plate Appearances	35
0.0	Projected Home Runs	162.0
1	Extra Base Hits	3
1.0	Runs Created	6.4
.167	Batting Average	.345
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.200	Slugging Percentage	.517
.100	Secondary Average	.310
.212	On Base Percentage	.429
.412	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.946
0.4	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.7
1.0	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	8.2
15.0	Batter Rating	37.0
0.0	At Bats Per Home Run	29.0
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
3.39	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.74
.033	Isolated Power	.172
0.25	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	1.67
.061	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.143
-.067	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	-.034
4.0	Runs Produced	10.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.2	Patience Ratio	0.6
0.2	Balls In Play Average	0.4
66.5	MLB Rating	89.8
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0