CHICAGO– Seiya Suzuki hit a game-winning single in the 10th inning and the Chicago Cubs defeated the Toronto Blue Jays 6-5 on Friday.
Ian Happ started the 10th on second base as an automatic runner. Chad Green (3-3) walked Michael Busch before Suzuki hit a 2-2 pitch into left field.
Happ scored easily to give Chicago a much-needed win after they blew a 5-2 lead in the ninth. The Cubs had lost three straight games in Cleveland.
Happ, Cody Bellinger, Pete Crow-Armstrong and Miguel Amaya hit home runs for Chicago and Tyson Miller (4-1) pitched a scoreless inning for the win.
Last-place Toronto had won three games in a row and five of seven overall. It had previously won three games at the Angels.
The Blue Jays trailed 5-2 when they loaded the bases against Héctor Neris with one out in the ninth inning. Will Wagner scored on a balk before Leo Jiménez struck out on a swing. George Springer followed with a triple off the wall in left to tie the game.
Daulton Varsho then struck out with momentum to end the inning.
Toronto right-hander Yariel Rodríguez allowed four runs and four hits in five innings. He struck out five times and walked two.
Crow-Armstrong and Amaya hit back-to-back solo drives in the fifth to give Chicago a 4-2 lead. Happ hit his 21st home run in the seventh, hitting a center off Brendon Little.
Cubs right-hander Kyle Hendricks allowed two runs, one earned run and five hits in five innings.
Jiménez tied the score at 2-2 with a solo hit in the fifth inning.
TRAINING ROOM
Blue Jays: SS Bo Bichette (calf) has resumed baseball activities but is not yet running. … RHP Jordan Romano, who underwent surgery on his right elbow last month, has not yet begun throwing practice during his rehab.
Cubs: Bellinger returned to the outfield after playing 13 games as the team’s designated hitter. Bellinger was recovering from a broken finger.
Next
Chris Bassitt is expected to start for the Blue Jays on Saturday. The right-hander is looking to rebound after allowing seven earned runs in just four innings against Oakland last weekend. Left-hander Justin Steele is expected to start for the Cubs.
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