Post a Free Blog

Submit A Press Release

Generic selectors
Exact matches only
Search in title
Search in content
Post Type Selectors
Filter by Categories
Action
Animation
ATP Tour (ATP)
Auto Racing
Baseball
Basketball
Boxing
Breaking News
Business
Business
Business Newsletter
Call of Duty (CALLOFDUTY)
Canadian Football League (CFL)
Car
Celebrity
Champions Tour (CHAMP)
Comedy
CONCACAF
Counter Strike Global Offensive (CSGO)
Crime
Defense of the Ancients (DOTA)
Documentary and Foreign
Drama
eSports
European Tour (EPGA)
Fashion
FIFA
FIFA Women’s World Cup (WWC)
FIFA World Cup (FIFA)
Fighting
Football
Formula 1 (F1)
Fortnite
Golf
Health
Hockey
Horror
IndyCar Series (INDY)
International Friendly (FRIENDLY)
Kids & Family
League of Legends (LOL)
LPGA
Madden
Major League Baseball (MLB)
Mixed Martial Arts (MMA)
MLS
Movie and Music
Movie Trailers
Mystery
NASCAR Cup Series (NAS)
National Basketball Association (NBA)
National Football League (NFL)
National Hockey League (NHL)
National Women's Soccer (NWSL)
NBA Development League (NBAGL)
NBA2K
NCAA Baseball (NCAABBL)
NCAA Basketball (NCAAB)
NCAA Football (NCAAF)
NCAA Hockey (NCAAH)
Olympic Mens (OLYHKYM)
Other
Other Sports
Overwatch
PGA
Politics
Premier League (PREM)
Romance
Sci-Fi
Science
Soccer
Sports
Sports
Technology
Tennis
Truck Series (TRUCK)
Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC)
Uncategorized
US
Valorant
Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA)
Women’s NCAA Basketball (WNCAAB)
World
World Cup Qualifier (WORLDCUP)
WTA Tour (WTA)
Xfinity (XFT)
XFL
0
-- Advertisement --spot_img
HomeSportsBaseballMLB News: Rookie's first HR gives Cubs sweep of Astros

MLB News: Rookie’s first HR gives Cubs sweep of Astros

Add to Favorite
Added to Favorite


Pete Crow-Armstrong slugged a go-ahead two-run homer in the sixth for his first major league hit to lift the host Chicago Cubs to a 3-1 win and series sweep over the Houston Astros on Thursday.

With the game tied at 1, Bryan Abreu entered the game out of the Houston bullpen to oppose the Cubs’ top prospect.

Crow-Armstrong greeted him with a deep fly to right to give Chicago the two-run advantage and saddle Houston’s Rafael Montero with his first loss of the season.

Recalled on Wednesday with Cody Bellinger placed on the injured list, Crow-Armstrong was hitless in his first 16 MLB at-bats before digging in against Abreu. He provided the needed jolt for a Chicago offense that went 2-for-15 with runners in scoring position Thursday.

Right-hander Justin Verlander started for Houston and got one out in the fifth before exiting the game. Verlander allowed three hits — all to Nico Hoerner.

The veteran had to work through trouble due to control issues. He walked four batters but managed to escape, including in the first inning when the Cubs loaded the bases with nobody out.

Houston took the lead in the top of the first when Jose Altuve and Alex Bregman had back-to-back singles and Yordan Alvarez drove in Altuve with a sacrifice fly. The base hit was the 1,000th career hit for Bregman.

Cubs starter Javier Assad outlasted Verlander and pitched 5 2/3 innings, allowing four hits and one run with five strikeouts. Hayden Wesneski (2-0) came on and twirled 2 1/3 perfect innings in relief and former Astros reliever Hector Neris came on for the save in the ninth with some fireworks between frames.

The Cubs’ right-hander walked Alvarez and Kyle Tucker on 19 total pitches to start the inning, but quickly recovered by forcing three consecutive groundouts to pick up his third save this season.

Astros manager Joe Espada was ejected before Houston came to bat in the ninth for arguing with home plate umpire Jansen Visconti.

–Field Level Media

Subscribe to get Latest News Updates

Latest News

You may like more
more

Report: WNBA set to charter flights for all games

The WNBA appears ready to give all of their...

Report: NAIA basketball program Marian to hire Pat Knight

Pat Knight, the son of the late Hall of...

Seton Hall transfer Kadary Richmond commits to St. John’s

Former Seton Hall guard Kadary Richmond committed to Big...