Baltimore Orioles at Chicago Cubs

· Major League Baseball

Baltimore Orioles

51-60, 24-33 Away

Final
4 - 3

Chicago Cubs

64-46, 34-20 Home

Henderson hits 3-run homer in the 8th in the Orioles' 4-3 victory over the Cubs

Pete Crow-Armstrong cannot believe this strike three call

Jordan Westburg had an RBI single off Caleb Thielbar (2-3) in the eighth to end the Orioles’ scoreless streak at 18 innings. Henderson followed with his 13th homer.

Grant Wolfram (2-0) struck out two in a scoreless seventh. In the ninth, after Carson Kelly and Seiya Suzuki walked, Keegan Akin struck out Pete Crow-Armstrong for his first save.

Matthew Boyd threw seven strong innings for Chicago, and Nico Hoerner had three hits for the Cubs. They entered the day a game behind Milwaukee for the NL Central lead.

Willi Castro tripled and scored twice in his first game as a Cub after being acquired Thursday from Minnesota.

Thielbar allowed two runs and two hits in two-thirds of an inning for his third blown save.

Boyd, an All-Star, struck out eight, allowed four hits and walked none. He bounced back after giving up five runs in five innings Monday at Milwaukee.

The Cubs continued to pay tribute to Hall of Famer Ryne Sandberg, who died Monday after battling prostate cancer, by wearing his No. 23 on blue jerseys with no name on the back. Highlights from Sandberg’s career played on the video board.

Chicago also held the cancer fundraiser Cubs for a Cure with fans and players holding placards naming loved ones after the fourth inning.

Key moment Henderson's homer in the eighth.

Key stat Crow-Armstrong struck out four times.

Up next Chicago RHP Colin Rea (8-5, 4.25 ERA) was set to start Sunday opposite RHP Brandon Young (0-5, 6.63) int he series finale.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Crow-Armstrong struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Suzuki walked, Berti to second.
	9th Inning	Tucker struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Berti ran for Kelly
	9th Inning	Kelly walked.
	9th Inning	Kelly hit for Busch

Statistics

BAL		CHC
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	0
14	Ground Balls	9
9	Strikeouts	11
4	Runs Batted In	3
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
7	Hits	8
0	Stolen Bases	0
2	Walks	4
0	Catcher Interference	0
4	Runs	3
0	Ground Into Double Play	0
0	Sacrifice Flies	1
33	At Bats	35
1	Home Runs	0
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
8	Runners Left On Base	15
0	Triples	1
1	Game Winning RBIs	0
0	Intentional Walks	0
1	Doubles	2
10	Fly Balls	16
0	Caught Stealing	0
124	Pitches	166
0	Games Started	0
1	Pinch At Bats	0
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
0	Is Qualified In Steals	0
11	Total Bases	12
35	Plate Appearances	40
162.0	Projected Home Runs	0.0
2	Extra Base Hits	3
2.8	Runs Created	4.0
.212	Batting Average	.229
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.333	Slugging Percentage	.343
.182	Secondary Average	.229
.257	On Base Percentage	.300
.590	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.643
1.4	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.6
2.9	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	3.8
28.0	Batter Rating	26.5
33.0	At Bats Per Home Run	0.0
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
3.54	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	4.15
.121	Isolated Power	.114
0.22	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.36
.057	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.100
-.030	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.000
8.0	Runs Produced	6.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.4	Patience Ratio	0.4
0.3	Balls In Play Average	0.3
76.8	MLB Rating	76.8
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0