CHICAGO (AP) — Pete-Crow Armstrong hit his forty third and forty fourth homers and broke the Chicago Cubs' document for left-handers, and Shota Imanaga allowed a run in six innings in an 8-4 victory over the Atlanta Braves on Wednesday night time.
Armstrong homered to guide off the third, breaking Billy Williams’ franchise document set in 1970. Crow-Armstrong led off the seventh with one other shot for his thirteenth profession multi-homer sport and seventh of the season.
Alex Bregman went 3 for 4 with a house run, triple, double and 4 RBIs, and Crow-Armstrong added an RBI triple because the Cubs stayed a half-game forward of the Phillies for the primary NL wild card.
After permitting three hits within the first two innings, Imanaga (11-10) retired 11 straight batters earlier than Ronald Acuna Jr. doubled and later scored within the sixth, putting out eight and strolling none.
On an evening when the Braves may have clinched a playoff spot with a win and outcomes elsewhere, starter J.R. Ritchie (1-3) allowed six runs on seven hits in 4 2/3 innings.
Bregman led off the fourth together with his twenty sixth residence run, and Crow-Armstrong drove in Carson Kelly with a triple to proper within the fifth earlier than Bregman's triple scored a pair of runs.
Cubs shortstop Dansby Swanson, who has been out since August 16 with a left indirect pressure, took six at-bats in a simulated sport Wednesday and is on schedule to be activated Friday, Cubs supervisor Craig Counsell stated.
Up subsequent
Each groups are off Thursday. The Braves journey to Houston for a three-game collection beginning Friday, whereas the Cubs journey to Cincinnati.
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