Baltimore Orioles at Chicago Cubs

· Major League Baseball

Baltimore Orioles

51-61, 24-34 Away

Final
3 - 5

Chicago Cubs

65-46, 35-20 Home

Justin Turner hits a game-ending homer as the Cubs top the Orioles 5-3

Leading off the ninth, Dansby Swanson reached on a throwing error on third baseman Jordan Westburg. Manager Craig Counsell then sent Turner to the plate to hit for Michael Busch.

Turner drove the first pitch he saw from Keegan Akin (3-1), a 92.8 mph fastball, deep to left-center for the game-ending shot. It was Turner's third homer of the season.

Chicago took two of three in the weekend set against Baltimore. The Cubs stayed two games back of NL Central-leading Milwaukee, which won 14-3 at Washington.

Colton Cowser had two hits for Baltimore, including an RBI single in the fourth. Gunnar Henderson had a run-scoring fielder's choice.

The Orioles trailed 3-2 before Ryan Noda drove in Cowser with a pinch-hit single off Daniel Palencia (1-2) with two down in the ninth.

Seiya Suzuki, Kyle Tucker and Nico Hoerner each had two hits for the Cubs. Drew Pomeranz, Andrew Kittredge and Brad Keller combined for 3 1/3 hitless innings out of the bullpen before Palencia faltered.

Key moment Noda swiped second in the ninth before Jackson Holliday flied out to Swanson at shortstop, ending the threat.

Key stat The Orioles’ two errors led to three unearned runs.

Up next Michael Soroka (3-8, 4.87 ERA) makes his Cubs debut on Monday against the Cincinnati Reds. Soroka was acquired in a trade with Washington on Thursday.

The Orioles continue their road trip at Philadelphia on Monday, with lefty Cade Povich (2-5, 5.15 ERA) slated to get the start.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Turner homered to left center, Swanson scored.
	9th Inning	Turner hit for Busch
	9th Inning	Swanson safe at first on throwing error by third baseman Westburg.
	9th Inning	Akin relieved Noda
	9th Inning	Rutschman catching.
	9th Inning	Holliday flied out to shortstop.

Statistics

BAL		CHC
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
1	Hit By Pitch	0
8	Ground Balls	13
10	Strikeouts	8
3	Runs Batted In	5
0	Sacrifice Hit	1
7	Hits	11
1	Stolen Bases	0
3	Walks	2
0	Catcher Interference	0
3	Runs	5
0	Ground Into Double Play	1
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
33	At Bats	34
0	Home Runs	1
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
18	Runners Left On Base	14
0	Triples	0
0	Game Winning RBIs	1
0	Intentional Walks	0
2	Doubles	1
15	Fly Balls	14
1	Caught Stealing	0
150	Pitches	147
0	Games Started	0
1	Pinch At Bats	1
1	Pinch Hits	1
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
1	Is Qualified In Steals	0
9	Total Bases	15
37	Plate Appearances	37
0.0	Projected Home Runs	162.0
2	Extra Base Hits	2
2.7	Runs Created	5.1
.212	Batting Average	.324
1.000	Pinch Hit Average	1.000
.273	Slugging Percentage	.441
.152	Secondary Average	.176
.297	On Base Percentage	.361
.570	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.802
0.5	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.9
2.7	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	5.5
24.0	Batter Rating	36.0
0.0	At Bats Per Home Run	34.0
0.50	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
4.05	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.97
.061	Isolated Power	.118
0.30	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.25
.081	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.054
-.061	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	-.147
6.0	Runs Produced	10.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.4	Patience Ratio	0.5
0.3	Balls In Play Average	0.4
73.0	MLB Rating	88.0
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0