Cubs lose to A's, fall 6 games behind Mets for final NL wild card
CHICAGO â Shea Langeliers homered twice, including a towering solo drive that cleared the Wrigley Field bleachers in left, and the Oakland Athletics beat the Chicago Cubs 4-3 on Tuesday night.Langeliers' third multihomer game of the season and No. 5 for his career upped his season total to 28, extending his career best.Lawrence Butler also went deep for Oakland, which stopped a three-game losing streak. The skid included back-to-back losses to the MLB-worst White Sox.
Oakland rookie Mitch Spence pitched five effective innings for his first win since July 27. He permitted two runs and seven hits.With Brent Rooker aboard after a one-out single in the first, Langeliers drove a 1-0 fastball deep to left-center. Butler gave Oakland a 3-0 lead when he hit his 22nd homer into the basket in the third.The Cubs responded with two runs in the bottom half on Happ's drive to right and Busch's bloop RBI single.
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