Cubs 5, Padres 4: Ben Brown and Hoby Milner pitch shutdown relief
The Cubs took the series in San Diego and split their West Coast road trip.
This game started out like it might be something special for Jameson Taillon, but then the home-run bug bit him again. Jamo recovered from that to throw seven strong innings and the Cubs squeaked out a 5-4 win over the Padres with some nails relief pitching from Ben Brown and Hoby Milner, winning the series and ending a road trip that has to be termed a success with a 3-3 mark against two very good NL West teams. As they have so many times, the Cubs had plenty of baserunners early.
They loaded the bases with one out in the first on a Nico Hoerner single (a popup that dropped between two Padres infielders! ), another hit by Alex Bregman and a walk drawn by Ian Happ. Unfortunately, Michael Busch hit into a double play to end the inning.
The Cubs got on the board in the second. Michael Conforto hit a deep fly to center that glanced off Jackson Merrill’s glove for a double. (Yet another reminder that defense matters.
) Conforto went to third on a ground out by Matt Shaw, but had to hold there when Pete Crow-Armstrong grounded to first. Miguel Amaya’s single made it 1-0 Cubs [VIDEO]. Your browser does not support the video tag.
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