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Armstrong continued to bolster his case for NL MVP, drawing a
four-pitch walk, scoring twice and making a leaping grab at the
center-field wall to rob Miami’s Heriberto Hernández of a
potential extra-base hit in the sixth.
Alex Bregman singled twice and walked, stretching his hitting
streak to eight games, dating to Aug 28. Nico Hoerner also had
three hits and an RBI. Pedro Ramírez drove in two runs.
Marlins starter Janson Junk (6-9) struck out five and limited
the Cubs to one run on three hits through five innings. Chicago
then scored three in the sixth against relievers Jack Ralston
and Josh Ekness.
Crow-Armstrong led off the sixth with a walk against Ralston,
who then allowed one-out walks to Michael Busch and Bregman.
Ekness entered, walked in a run and allowed an RBI single to
Hoerner before Ramírez's sacrifice fly, making it 4-0.
The Marlins broke up the shutout bid in the seventh when Griffin
Conine scored on Esteury Ruiz's groundout. Conine singled twice,
and Deyvison De Los Santos doubled.
Busch hit a solo home run against Bradley Blalock in the ninth,
driving the right-hander's sweeper 427 feet to right-center for
his 18th homer of the season.
The Cubs took a 1-0 lead in the second when Ian Happ scored on
Ramírez's fielder's choice.
Up next
RHP Javier Assad (6-1, 3.46) will start the second game of the
series for the Cubs against Marlins RHP Ryan Gusto (1-3, 3.86
ERA).
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