Nico Hoerner’s soft single off Matt Brash with one out in the bottom of the 10th inning scored pinch-runner Nick Madrigal and gave the Chicago Cubs a 3-2 win over the Seattle Mariners on Monday night. FOX13
Madrigal was inserted as a pinch-runner and stole third off Brash , setting up Hoerner’s winning hit. Keegan Thompson had worked out of a bases-loaded jam in the top of the 10th.
Cubs left-hander Drew Smyly threw five innings of two-hit ball after allowing seven runs in 4 2/3 innings in his season debut April 3 at Cincinnati. Smyly relied on a sharp knuckle-curve and had seven strikeouts. He retired the first 10 batters and was supported by exceptional defensive plays in the third by third baseman Patrick Wisdom and second baseman Nico Hoerner.
Smyly retired the final five batters he faced, and struck out the side in the fifth — all on knuckle-curves. Eric Hosmer hit an opposite field single to left that scored Bellinger with the go-ahead run. Hosmer is 12 for 18 lifetime against Castillo.
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