Cleveland Guardians at Chicago Cubs

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Cleveland Guardians

40-45, 20-25 Away

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Chicago Cubs

52-35, 28-15 Home

Shaw sac fly in 10th lifts Cubs over Guardians 1-0, deals Cleveland 7th straight loss

Cleveland Guardians vs. Chicago Cubs: Game Highlights

Hoerner, the automatic runner, advanced to third on Michael Busch's groundout. He trotted home on Shaw's liner that Lane Thomas caught in front of the ivy at Wrigley Field .

Dansby Swanson had two of Chicago's three hits as the Cubs swept the series and dealt the Guardians a season-high seventh straight loss.

Chris Flexen (5-0), the Cubs fourth reliever, pitched a perfect 10th for the win. NL Central-leading Chicago improved to 52-35 and moved four games ahead of second-place Milwaukee.

Cleveland closer Emmanuel Clase (4-2), pitched the ninth and 10th and took the loss. Steven Kwan had two singles in a game with no extra-base hits.

Cubs rookie starter Cade Horton threw seven scoreless, five-hit innings in his longest outing so far.

Cleveland’s Joey Cantillo tossed 3 1/3 two-hit, shutout innings in his first start this season. The left-hander was recalled from Triple-A Columbus to replace scheduled starter Luis Ortiz, who was placed on non-disciplinary leave Thursday as the subject of a Major League Baseball gambling investigation.

Cleveland's bullpen retired 16 Cubs hitter in a row from the fourth until Swanson lined his second single of the game with two outs in the ninth off Clase.

Key moment Back-to-back singles by Daniel Schneemann and Bo Naylor put runners at first and third with one out in the fifth. Cubs backup catcher Reese McGuire threw out Naylor as he tried to steal second, then Brayan Rocchio bounced out to end the threat.

Key stat The Guardians are 9-19 since June 1.

Up next Guardians RHP Slade Cecconi (3-3, 3.64 ERA) starts Friday against the Tigers in Cleveland.

Cubs RHP Colin Rea (5-3, 4.37 ERA) faces St. Louis RHP Miles Mikolas (4-5, 4.76) on Friday afternoon at Wrigley.

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Scoring Summary

	10th Inning	Shaw hit sacrifice fly to center, Hoerner scored.
	10th Inning	Busch grounded out to shortstop, Hoerner to third.
	10th Inning	Kwan flied out to left.
	10th Inning	Hedges fouled out to first.
	10th Inning	Martínez struck out swinging.
	10th Inning	Flexen relieved Pressly

Statistics

CLE		CHC
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	0
11	Ground Balls	11
9	Strikeouts	11
0	Runs Batted In	1
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
7	Hits	3
0	Stolen Bases	0
3	Walks	3
0	Catcher Interference	0
0	Runs	1
0	Ground Into Double Play	0
0	Sacrifice Flies	1
34	At Bats	31
0	Home Runs	0
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
16	Runners Left On Base	9
0	Triples	0
0	Game Winning RBIs	1
0	Intentional Walks	0
0	Doubles	0
14	Fly Balls	10
2	Caught Stealing	0
145	Pitches	140
0	Games Started	0
1	Pinch At Bats	0
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
1	Is Qualified In Steals	0
7	Total Bases	3
37	Plate Appearances	35
0.0	Projected Home Runs	0.0
0	Extra Base Hits	0
1.1	Runs Created	-0.4
.206	Batting Average	.097
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.206	Slugging Percentage	.097
.029	Secondary Average	.097
.270	On Base Percentage	.171
.476	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.268
0.8	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	1.1
1.1	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	-0.3
7.0	Batter Rating	7.0
0.0	At Bats Per Home Run	0.0
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
3.92	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	4.00
.000	Isolated Power	.000
0.33	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.27
.081	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.086
-.176	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.000
0.0	Runs Produced	2.0
0.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.3	Patience Ratio	0.2
0.3	Balls In Play Average	0.2
64.3	MLB Rating	58.3
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0