Ryan O’Hearn and Aaron Hicks each had two hits and Ramon Urias had two RBIs. baltimore orioles broke the host chicago cubs‘ five-game winning streak with Sunday’s 6-3 victory
Down 3–2 in the sixth, O’Hearn went to third on a single, Hicks double and scored on Urias’ sacrifice fly that tied the game and struck out Chicago starter Jameson Tallon (2–5). Hicks then scored the tying run on Anthony Kay’s single off Adam Frazier. Jorge Mateo capped off a three-run rally with an RBI single as Baltimore avoided a sweep for the first time this season.
Meanwhile, Dean Kramer (8-3) allowed three runs on two homers, but only one earned run. He also had all three of Chicago’s hits, walked two and struck out seven to equal his 2022 win total. Relievers Danny Colombe, Mike Baumann, Yenier Cano and Felix Bautista (19th save) allowed no hits over the final four innings.
Christopher Morrell clubbed a two-run homer and Mike Touchman went deep for Chicago, which won seven of its last nine. Tallon (2-5) was charged with four runs on eight hits over 5 1/3 innings.
Baltimore threatened out of the gate as Austin Hayes (three hits) led off with a double. However, he was eventually grounded out to center field by Touchman while trying to score on a shallow fly ball. Immediately, Touchman opened the bottom of the frame with an opposite-field drive over an ivy-covered wall.
oriolesHowever, Anthony Santander led off the fourth by barely clearing the basket in right-center field for his 10th homer. O’Hearn then singled and finally scored on Urias’s liner. cub Third baseman Nick Madrigal for Baltimore’s first series lead
However, Chicago regained the lead in the bottom of the frame when Cody Bellinger sent a liner to right field that O’Hearn missed and turned into a three-base error. Morrell followed with his 13th homer into the left field bleachers.
– Field Level Media