Homers help Kimbrel-less Cubs ‘pen hold on – MLB.com

CHICAGO — Kyle Hendricks laid the inspiration, the bats came alive and the Cubs’ bullpen hung on in its first take a look at since closer Craig Kimbrel went on the injured list.

Hendricks allowed lawful one hit and struck out 5 over 6 1/3 innings, Ian Happ hit a tiebreaking homer, Javier Baez went deep twice and David Phelps earned his first save of the season as the Cubs obtained their fourth straight game, 6-5, over the Athletics on Monday night time at Wrigley Discipline.

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Happ’s pinch-hit solo shot snapped a 2-2 tie and sparked a four-hurry seventh inning. Nicholas Castellanos, who hit his first dwelling hurry in a Cubs uniform in the most critical inning, added an RBI double and Baez’s 2nd homer capped the rally as the Cubs bought to A’s reliever Blake Treinen.

The A’s bought to inner a hurry in the eighth as Cubs reliever Steve Cishek allowed a double to Jurickson Profar earlier than surrendering succor-to-succor dwelling runs to pinch-hitter Prick Martini and Marcus Semien.

The Cubs’ bullpen — without the injured Pedro Strop and Kimbrel, who became as soon as placed on the 10-day injured list earlier than Monday’s game — became as soon as in a space to discontinuance out the victory as Brandon Kintzler bought Sign Canha to ground out to pause the eighth with the tying hurry on third and Phelps escaped every other jam in the ninth.

Kyle Ryan speedily recorded two outs in the ninth earlier than allowing a poke and a single to pinch-hitter Chad Pinder, which attach the tying hurry on 2nd harmful and the slouch-ahead hurry before the entirety. But Phelps bought Semien to dash out to the warning note in left to pause the game.