Chicago Cubs at Colorado Rockies

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Chicago Cubs

77-58, 36-33 Away

Final
11 - 7

Colorado Rockies

38-97, 21-46 Home

Swanson hits 2 homers, drives in 6 runs to lead Cubs to an 11-7 win over the Rockies

Chicago Cubs vs. Colorado Rockies: Game Highlights

Swanson had the 10th multi-homer game of his career and first since Aug. 1, 2023, against Cincinnati.

Ian Happ homered and doubled twice and Michael Busch also went deep for Chicago, which ended a three-game skid and remained 6 1/2 games behind the Brewers, who beat Toronto 7-2 on Friday night.

Cubs rookie right-hander Cade Horton (9-4) allowed two runs on six hits in five innings with four strikeouts.

Colorado starter German Marquez (3-12) was activated from the 15-day injured list to make his first start since July 20th. He struggled through 3 2/3 innings, allowing eight runs on nine hits with three walks.

Swanson gave the Cubs a 2-0 lead in the second inning with his first homer and had a bases-loaded triple off the wall in right-center in a six-run fifth inning that made it 8-2.

Happ led off the fourth with his 17th homer of the season after Yanquiel Fernandez had pulled Colorado within 3-2 with his third homer of the season and second in two games.

Swanson led off the seventh with his 21st homer of the season and Busch hit his 26th two outs later to make it 11-3.

The Rockies scored twice in the seventh and Kyle Farmer hit a two-run homer in the eighth.

Key moment After Fernandez led off the eighth with a double, Busch made an over-the-shoulder catch of Orlando Arcia's blooper behind first base that saved a run later in the inning.

Key stats The last time Swanson had six RBI was Aug. 19, 2021, when he was with Atlanta.

Up next Cubs righty Javier Assad (0-1, 3.86) will face rookie McCade Brown (0-1, 9.82), who makes his Coors Field debut for Colorado on Saturday night.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Fernández flied out to center.
	9th Inning	Bernabel grounded into double play, third to first, Karros to second, Doyle out at third.
	9th Inning	Karros singled to center, Doyle to second.
	9th Inning	Doyle walked.
	9th Inning	Kittredge relieved Keller
	9th Inning	McGuire flied out to shortstop.

Statistics

CHC		COL
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	0
10	Ground Balls	8
2	Strikeouts	10
11	Runs Batted In	7
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
15	Hits	14
0	Stolen Bases	0
4	Walks	3
0	Catcher Interference	0
11	Runs	7
0	Ground Into Double Play	1
1	Sacrifice Flies	1
40	At Bats	40
4	Home Runs	2
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
14	Runners Left On Base	26
1	Triples	0
1	Game Winning RBIs	0
0	Intentional Walks	0
5	Doubles	6
29	Fly Balls	23
0	Caught Stealing	0
146	Pitches	158
0	Games Started	0
0	Pinch At Bats	1
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
0	Is Qualified In Steals	0
34	Total Bases	26
45	Plate Appearances	44
648.0	Projected Home Runs	324.0
10	Extra Base Hits	8
13.0	Runs Created	9.2
.375	Batting Average	.350
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.850	Slugging Percentage	.650
.575	Secondary Average	.375
.422	On Base Percentage	.386
1.272	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	1.036
0.3	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.3
13.5	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	8.9
83.5	Batter Rating	60.0
10.0	At Bats Per Home Run	20.0
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
3.24	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.59
.475	Isolated Power	.300
2.00	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.30
.089	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.068
.200	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.025
22.0	Runs Produced	14.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.9	Patience Ratio	0.7
0.3	Balls In Play Average	0.4
124.5	MLB Rating	105.0
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0