Matt Szczur scored on A.J. Ramos’ wild pitch with two outs in the ninth inning to give the Chicago Cubs a 5-4 comeback victory over the Miami Marlins on Wednesday.
The Cubs scored three runs in the inning to sweep the three-game series.
Miguel Montero led off with a double to right and went to third on Javier Baez’s single. Ramos (1-1) then walked pinch-hitter Szczur to load the bases. Dexter Fowler made it 3-2 with a sacrifice fly to right, and all the runners advanced.
Kris Bryant struck out looking on a 3-2 pitch for the second out. Anthony Rizzo was intentionally walked to load the bases again, and Ramos walked Zobrist and then unloaded a wild pitch with Willson Contreras at the plate. It was Ramos’ second blown save of the season in 33 chances.
Jeff Mathis hit a two-run home run, and Christian Yelich homered and drove in a pair of runs to help the Marlins take a 4-1 lead into the bottom of the eighth.
Chicago cut it to 4-2 in the eighth when Fowler scored on Fernando Rodney’s wild pitch.
Justin Grimm (1-0) pitched the ninth inning for the victory. Chicago have won seven of eight.
YANKEES 9, METS 5
In New York, Mark Teixeira hit a tiebreaking, three-run drive off Steven Matz in the second inning for his first home run against a left-hander in more than a year, then got hit by a pitch that sparked a bench-clearing dustup in the Yankees’ Subway Series victory.
Chad Green and Matz (8-8) both struggled at the start, while Luis Severino (1-6) came out of the bullpen with 4-1/3 innings of one-hit relief. Another of the Yankees’ Kiddie Korps, 23-year-old catcher Gary Sanchez, was called up before the game and got his first big league hit.
In a season-long slump, Teixeira came to the plate in the second with the score 3-all. Following two-out singles by Jacoby Ellsbury and Rob Refsnyder, the switch-hitter lofted the ball over the right-field scoreboard and into the first row of seats at Yankee Stadium for his 10th home run this season and first batting right-handed since July 31 last year against Carlos Rodon of the Chicago White Sox.
When Teixeira batted in the fifth, Matz’s first pitch hit him below the left knee. Teixeira got up, started yelling and was walled off by catcher Rene Rivera. Players from both teams came onto the field, but there were no scuffles.
In other MLB action, it was:
‧ Nationals 8, Diamondbacks 3
‧ Rockies 12, Dodgers
‧ Phillies 5, Giants 4, 12 inns
‧ Cardinals 5, Reds 4
‧ Orioles 3, Rangers 2
‧ Tigers 2, White Sox 1
‧ Rays 12, Royals 0
‧ Mariners 3, Red Sox 1
‧ Twins 13, Indians 5
‧ Braves 8, Pirates 4
‧ Blue Jays 3, Astros 1
‧ Padres 12, Brewers
‧ Angels 8, Athletics 6
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