Chicago Cubs at Toronto Blue Jays

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Chicago Cubs

68-51, 32-29 Away

Final
4 - 1

Toronto Blue Jays

70-51, 39-20 Home

Rookie Horton fans career-high 8, Busch and Shaw homer as Cubs beat Blue Jays 4-1

Cubs Miguel Amaya was carted off the field after injuring his left ankle landing on first base in the eighth inning.

Horton (7-3) didn’t allow a hit until Andrés Giménez lined a single to center with one out in the sixth.

Nathan Lukes followed with a popup and Bo Bichette chased Horton with a 10-pitch walk.

Andrew Kittredge came on to face Vladimir Guerrero Jr., who hit an RBI double. Addison Barger flied out to the warning track to end the inning.

Guerrero’s hit snapped the 23-year-old Horton’s scoreless streak at 28 1/3 innings. Horton hadn’t allowed a run since July 9 at Minnesota.

Daniel Palencia pitched a 1-2-3 ninth for his 16th save in 18 chances.

Busch hit a leadoff homer against Blue Jays right-hander Kevin Gausman in the third, his 23rd. Shaw made it 2-0 with a one-out drive in the fifth, his 10th.

Gausman (8-9) allowed two runs and three hits in seven innings.

Busch hit a sacrifice fly in the eighth and Seiya Suzuki added an RBI single.

Key moment After retiring 10 straight to begin the game, Horton walked Bichette in the fourth. Guerrero followed with a deep drive that left fielder Ian Happ caught at the warning track. Horton fanned Barger to end the threat.

Key stat Horton's previous career high for strikeouts was six, which he matched against Cincinnati in his previous start. He struck out five of the first nine Blue Jays he faced.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Barger grounded out to second.
	9th Inning	Guerrero Jr. grounded out to shortstop.
	9th Inning	Bichette struck out looking.
	9th Inning	Palencia relieved Keller
	9th Inning	Shaw flied out to left.
	9th Inning	Swanson grounded out to third.

Statistics

CHC		TOR
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	0
8	Ground Balls	8
6	Strikeouts	10
4	Runs Batted In	1
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
6	Hits	2
3	Stolen Bases	0
2	Walks	2
0	Catcher Interference	0
4	Runs	1
0	Ground Into Double Play	0
1	Sacrifice Flies	0
32	At Bats	29
2	Home Runs	0
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
6	Runners Left On Base	5
0	Triples	0
1	Game Winning RBIs	0
0	Intentional Walks	0
0	Doubles	1
19	Fly Balls	11
0	Caught Stealing	0
119	Pitches	120
0	Games Started	0
0	Pinch At Bats	1
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
1	Is Qualified In Steals	0
12	Total Bases	3
35	Plate Appearances	31
324.0	Projected Home Runs	0.0
2	Extra Base Hits	1
3.5	Runs Created	-0.9
.188	Batting Average	.069
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.375	Slugging Percentage	.103
.344	Secondary Average	.103
.229	On Base Percentage	.129
.604	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.232
0.4	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.7
3.5	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	-0.9
31.0	Batter Rating	8.0
16.0	At Bats Per Home Run	0.0
1.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
3.40	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.87
.188	Isolated Power	.034
0.33	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.20
.057	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.065
.156	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.034
8.0	Runs Produced	2.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.4	Patience Ratio	0.2
0.2	Balls In Play Average	0.1
78.5	MLB Rating	57.3
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0