Los Angeles Angels at Chicago Cubs

· Major League Baseball

Los Angeles Angels

2-3, 2-3 Away

Final
2 - 7

Chicago Cubs

2-2, 2-2 Home

Cabrera and Happ help the Cubs beat the Angels 7-2 in series opener

Ian Happ homers in third straight game for Cubs

Cabrera allowed one hit and walked one in his Chicago debut, delighting the crowd of 36,702 on a picturesque night at Wrigley Field. The 6-foot-5 right-hander was acquired in a January trade with Miami.

Carson Kelly and Moisés Ballesteros each drove in two runs for the Cubs in the opener of a three-game series.

Yoán Moncada hit a two-run homer for the Angels in their third consecutive loss. Ryan Johnson (0-1) allowed six runs and seven hits over 3 1/3 innings in his first career start.

Angels star Mike Trout went 0 for 4 with two strikeouts after collecting six hits and walking seven times over the first four games of the season.

Johnson struggled with his control in the first, walking the bases loaded. Pete Crow-Armstrong reached on an 11-pitch walk ahead of Nico Hoerner's sacrifice fly. Kelly made it 3-0 with a two-out flyball that landed just out of the reach of a lunging Trout in shallow right-center for a two-run single.

The Cubs added three more in the third. Happ extended his homer streak to three games, and Ballesteros grounded a two-run single into right field.

Cabrera (1-0) struck out five while throwing 80 pitches, 49 for strikes. Colin Rea worked three innings for his first save of the season, striking out Moncada with two runners on for the final out.

Up next Right-handers José Soriano and Jameson Taillon start on Tuesday night. Soriano (1-0) pitched six sparkling innings in the Angels' 3-0 win at Houston on opening day. Taillon will be making his season debut for the Cubs.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Moncada struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Soler struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Schanuel singled to center, Neto to second.
	9th Inning	Trout lined out to center.
	9th Inning	Neto singled to left.
	8th Inning	Happ grounded into double play, second to shortstop to first, Bregman out at second.

Statistics

LAA		CHC
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	0
10	Ground Balls	13
9	Strikeouts	5
2	Runs Batted In	7
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
5	Hits	9
0	Stolen Bases	2
1	Walks	7
0	Catcher Interference	0
2	Runs	7
1	Ground Into Double Play	1
0	Sacrifice Flies	1
31	At Bats	31
1	Home Runs	1
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
8	Runners Left On Base	18
0	Triples	0
0	Game Winning RBIs	1
0	Intentional Walks	0
0	Doubles	1
12	Fly Balls	14
0	Caught Stealing	0
122	Pitches	149
0	Games Started	0
0	Pinch At Bats	1
0	Pinch Hits	1
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
0	Is Qualified In Steals	1
8	Total Bases	13
32	Plate Appearances	39
162.0	Projected Home Runs	162.0
1	Extra Base Hits	2
0.7	Runs Created	6.2
.161	Batting Average	.290
.000	Pinch Hit Average	1.000
.258	Slugging Percentage	.419
.129	Secondary Average	.419
.188	On Base Percentage	.410
.446	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.830
0.8	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.9
0.7	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	7.0
16.0	Batter Rating	44.0
31.0	At Bats Per Home Run	31.0
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	1.00
3.81	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.82
.097	Isolated Power	.129
0.11	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	1.40
.031	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.179
-.032	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.129
4.0	Runs Produced	14.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.3	Patience Ratio	0.5
0.2	Balls In Play Average	0.3
67.5	MLB Rating	90.8
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0