Chicago Cubs at Los Angeles Angels

· Major League Baseball

Chicago Cubs

75-55, 34-30 Away

Final
12 - 1

Los Angeles Angels

61-68, 34-34 Home

Tucker hits 2 homers and drives in 5 as Cubs blow out Angels 12-1

Reese McGuire added a grand slam and tied a career high with five RBI to help the Cubs win for the seventh time in nine games. They hold the top National League wild-card spot and are six games behind first-place Milwaukee in the NL Central.

Cade Horton (8-4) gave up three hits over six scoreless innings and Ben Brown went the rest of the way for his first major league save.

Busting out of an extended slump, Tucker has three homers in two nights following a 25-game drought. The outburst has come after he was given three games off by manager Craig Counsell earlier in the week.

Jo Adell homered late for the Angels, who totaled eight hits while losing the first two games of the series.

Victor Mederos (0-2) and Carson Fulmer were charged with all 12 of the Cubs' runs. The Angels fell to 2-6 since pulling off a three-game sweep of the Los Angeles Dodgers from Aug. 11-13.

McGuire’s grand slam in the fourth gave the Cubs a 6-0 lead and they made it 10-0 in the sixth when Tucker went deep for the second time. It was Tucker’s eighth multihomer game and first since May 2024 against the Angels with Houston.

Adell’s home run in the seventh, his 29th, ended Chicago's shutout bid.

Key moment With two outs in the third, Michael Busch tucked a double just inside the first-base line and past a diving Nolan Schanuel to get Tucker to the plate before his first homer of the game.

Key stat Angels star Mike Trout went 0 for 3 with three strikeouts as his 22-game on-base streak came to an end.

Up next Angels RHP Kyle Hendricks (6-8, 4.93 ERA) will face his former team Sunday in a matchup against Cubs RHP Jameson Taillon (8-6, 4.26).

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Adell flied out to center.
	9th Inning	Moncada grounded out to first.
	9th Inning	Ward grounded out to shortstop.
	9th Inning	Swanson grounded into double play, third to second to first, Castro out at second.
	9th Inning	Castro singled to right, Turner to second.
	9th Inning	Turner singled to center.

Statistics

CHC		LAA
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
1	Hit By Pitch	0
12	Ground Balls	8
6	Strikeouts	10
12	Runs Batted In	1
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
14	Hits	5
0	Stolen Bases	0
3	Walks	1
0	Catcher Interference	0
12	Runs	1
1	Ground Into Double Play	0
1	Sacrifice Flies	0
39	At Bats	32
3	Home Runs	1
1	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
15	Runners Left On Base	9
0	Triples	0
1	Game Winning RBIs	0
0	Intentional Walks	0
4	Doubles	0
22	Fly Balls	14
0	Caught Stealing	0
140	Pitches	118
0	Games Started	0
1	Pinch At Bats	1
1	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
0	Is Qualified In Steals	0
27	Total Bases	8
44	Plate Appearances	33
486.0	Projected Home Runs	162.0
7	Extra Base Hits	1
10.1	Runs Created	1.0
.359	Batting Average	.156
1.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.692	Slugging Percentage	.250
.410	Secondary Average	.125
.409	On Base Percentage	.182
1.101	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.432
0.5	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.6
10.1	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	1.0
79.0	Batter Rating	12.0
13.0	At Bats Per Home Run	32.0
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
3.18	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.58
.333	Isolated Power	.094
0.50	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.10
.068	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.030
.051	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	-.031
24.0	Runs Produced	2.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.7	Patience Ratio	0.3
0.4	Balls In Play Average	0.2
117.5	MLB Rating	65.0
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0