Chicago Cubs at Baltimore Orioles

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Chicago Cubs

52-41, 25-22 Away

Final
2 - 3

Baltimore Orioles

43-51, 25-25 Home

Jackson's big hit in the 8th helps the Orioles avoid a sweep, 3-2 over the Cubs

Tyler O'Neill homered for the Orioles in the second inning, then Baltimore didn't have another hit until the eighth when Jackson came up.

With the Cubs up 2-1, Tyler Ferguson (0-1) allowed a walk and a hit batter with one out. That set up some managerial chess, with Baltimore sending lefty-swinging Dylan Beavers up to pinch-hit, only for Chicago to replace Ferguson with left-hander Ryan Rolison. Then the Orioles sent up the right-handed Jackson to hit for Beavers.

Jackson sent a drive to the gap in right-center field. Gunnar Henderson scored easily, and Pete Alonso barely beat the throw home with a head-first slide.

Tyler Wells (2-1) won in relief despite allowing an RBI double by Seiya Suzuki in the top of the eighth. Suzuki also homered in the sixth.

Andrew Kittridge worked the ninth for his second save, and Baltimore avoided a three-game sweep. Henderson made an error at shortstop to start the inning, but Nico Hoerner was caught stealing when his slide took him off the base at second.

Pinch-hitter Michael Conforto lined out to left with a man on second to end it, just as it was beginning to rain hard at Camden Yards. The game was moved from the night to the afternoon because of the possibility of bad weather.

Cubs starter David Peterson allowed 10 runs in his previous start against St. Louis. But like they have against many left-handers this year, the Orioles couldn't do much against him. He allowed a run and two hits in five innings.

Baltimore lefty Trevor Rogers allowed a run and five hits in six innings. He's allowed two runs in 24 1/3 innings over his past four starts.

Up next The Cubs are at Cincinnati on Friday night. Shota Imanaga (5-7) takes the mound for Chicago against Hunter Greene (0-1).

The Orioles host Kansas City. Brandon Young (7-2) starts for Baltimore against Luinder Avila (4-3).

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Conforto lined out to left.
	9th Inning	Swanson stole second.
	9th Inning	Conforto hit for Amaya
	9th Inning	Swanson grounded into fielder's choice to shortstop, Happ out at second.
	9th Inning	Happ reached on infield single to second.
	9th Inning	Hoerner caught stealing second, catcher to shortstop. Umpire review: call on the field was upheld.

Statistics

CHC		BAL
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	2
17	Ground Balls	8
5	Strikeouts	5
2	Runs Batted In	3
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
9	Hits	3
3	Stolen Bases	0
2	Walks	7
0	Catcher Interference	0
2	Runs	3
1	Ground Into Double Play	1
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
34	At Bats	26
1	Home Runs	1
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
14	Runners Left On Base	15
0	Triples	0
0	Game Winning RBIs	1
0	Intentional Walks	0
3	Doubles	1
12	Fly Balls	13
1	Caught Stealing	0
136	Pitches	133
0	Games Started	0
1	Pinch At Bats	1
0	Pinch Hits	1
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
1	Is Qualified In Steals	0
15	Total Bases	7
36	Plate Appearances	35
162.0	Projected Home Runs	162.0
4	Extra Base Hits	2
4.5	Runs Created	2.9
.265	Batting Average	.115
.000	Pinch Hit Average	1.000
.441	Slugging Percentage	.269
.294	Secondary Average	.423
.306	On Base Percentage	.343
.747	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.612
1.4	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.6
4.5	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	3.3
29.0	Batter Rating	20.0
34.0	At Bats Per Home Run	26.0
0.75	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
3.78	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.80
.176	Isolated Power	.154
0.40	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	1.40
.056	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.200
.029	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.308
4.0	Runs Produced	6.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.5	Patience Ratio	0.5
0.3	Balls In Play Average	0.1
80.5	MLB Rating	70.3
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0