Los Angeles Angels at Chicago Cubs

· Major League Baseball

Los Angeles Angels

37-52, 19-26 Away

Final
0 - 5

Chicago Cubs

42-49, 25-21 Home

Hayden Wesneski, Cubs blank Angels 5-0

Wesneski (3-5) allowed a single to the second batter he faced, then retired the next 18 Angels to help Chicago win a series for the first time in five tries. He allowed a hit, walk and two strikeouts.

“I filled up the zone and made them swing earlier than they wanted to,” Wesneski said. “It’s always nice to help the bullpen.”

Relievers Porter Hodge, Luke Little and Héctor Neris finished the three-hit shutout and Miguel Amaya added a pair of hits and an RBI for Chicago. Neris got the final out for his 12th save after Los Angeles loaded the bases.

José Soriano (4-7) gave up three runs and six hits while striking out three and walking one in five innings.

Amaya and Nico Hoerner drove in runs in the third to give the Cubs a 2-0 lead and Amaya scored again in the fifth on a double play grounder. Busch gave the bullpen some insurance in the seventh after sending Matt Moore’s pitch into right field for his 11th homer of the season.

Wesneski won for the first time in five starts. He took Luis Guillorme’s hopper off his right hand in the third inning, but stayed in the game.

“I knew it wasn’t all that serious,” he said of the play, which started a 1-6-3 putout.

The Angels have dropped six of seven overall.

“We couldn’t get anything going,” manager Ron Washington said after his team finished a 1-5 trip that followed a 6-1 homestand.

“We left home and it’s like we forgot what we’re doing.”

The Cubs’ regional sports network featured an all-female booth for the first time in club history. Beth Mowins, Elise Menaker and Taylor McGregor handled the telecast.

TRAINER’S ROOM

Angels: Left fielder Tyler Ward made a hard slide into the wall trying to run down a foul ball in the seventh but remained in the game. He singled in the ninth and was replaced by a pinch-runner.

Cubs: Right-hander Colten Brewer punched a dugout wall after leaving Saturday’s game and later learned he’d fractured his left hand. “My frustration got the best of me,” he said Sunday morning after the club placed him on the 60-day injured list. Right-hander Hunter Bigge was recalled from Triple-A Iowa in a corresponding move.

Angels: Davis Daniel (1-1, 2.70 ERA) faces Jon Gray (3-4, 3.92) on Monday night to start a home series against Texas.

Cubs: Neither team has announced a starter for Tuesday’s series opener at Baltimore.

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TV Channel: Angels at Cubs 2022 MLB Baseball, is broadcasted on MLB.tv.
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Matchup Prediction

Cubs: 49.6%

Angels: 50.4%

*According to ESPN's Basketball Power Index

Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Neto struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Neris relieved Little
	9th Inning	O'Hoppe walked, Pillar to second, Hiura to third.
	9th Inning	Pillar reached on infield single to second, Hiura to second.
	9th Inning	Pillar hit for Calhoun
	9th Inning	Hiura ran for Ward

Statistics

LAA		CHC
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	0
17	Ground Balls	13
3	Strikeouts	5
0	Runs Batted In	4
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
3	Hits	7
0	Stolen Bases	0
2	Walks	4
0	Catcher Interference	0
0	Runs	5
0	Ground Into Double Play	1
0	Sacrifice Flies	1
31	At Bats	29
0	Home Runs	1
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
9	Runners Left On Base	10
0	Triples	0
0	Game Winning RBIs	1
0	Intentional Walks	0
0	Doubles	2
11	Fly Balls	12
0	Caught Stealing	0
124	Pitches	134
0	Games Started	0
1	Pinch At Bats	1
1	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
0	Is Qualified In Steals	0
3	Total Bases	12
33	Plate Appearances	34
0.0	Projected Home Runs	162.0
0	Extra Base Hits	3
-0.7	Runs Created	4.0
.097	Batting Average	.241
1.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.097	Slugging Percentage	.414
.065	Secondary Average	.310
.152	On Base Percentage	.324
.248	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.737
1.5	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	1.1
-0.6	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	4.4
3.0	Batter Rating	32.0
0.0	At Bats Per Home Run	29.0
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
3.76	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.94
.000	Isolated Power	.172
0.67	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.80
.061	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.118
-.032	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.069
0.0	Runs Produced	9.0
0.0	Runs Ratio	0.8
0.2	Patience Ratio	0.5
0.1	Balls In Play Average	0.3
57.8	MLB Rating	81.5
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0