Shaw's Sac Fly in 10th Lifts Cubs over Guardians
- The Chicago Cubs defeated the Cleveland Guardians 1-0 in a 10th-inning game on July 3 at Wrigley Field.
- The Cubs secured the victory when newcomer Matt Shaw delivered a clutch sacrifice fly that brought home Nico Hoerner, coming shortly after the Guardians called up Joey Cantillo to fill in for Luis Ortiz.
- In his longest outing to date, Cubs newcomer Cade Horton pitched seven innings without allowing a run and gave up five hits, while Guardians closer Emmanuel Clase was charged with the loss after pitching the ninth and tenth innings.
- Dansby Swanson contributed two of the Cubs' total three hits, while Chris Flexen secured the victory by pitching a flawless 10th inning, improving his record to 5-0, as Chicago completed the series sweep.
- The Cubs improved to 52-35, leading the NL Central by four games, while the Guardians suffered their season-high seventh straight loss and are 9-19 since June 1.
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Guardians swept by Cubs, have lost seven straight games
CHICAGO — Rookie Matt Shaw’s deep sacrifice fly to center scored Nico Hoerner from third in the 10th inning, giving the Cubs a 1-0 win over the visiting Guardians on July 3. Hoerner, the automatic runner, advanced to third on Michael Busch’s groundout. He trotted home on Shaw’s liner that Lane Thomas caught in front of the ivy at Wrigley Field. Dansby Swanson had two of Chicago’s three hits as the Cubs swept the series and dealt the Guardians a…
Guardians lose 1-0 to Cubs in 10th
CHICAGO — Rookie Matt Shaw’s deep sacrifice fly to center scored Nico Hoerner from third in the 10th inning, giving the Chicago Cubs a 1-0 win over the Cleveland Guardians on Thursday night. Hoerner, the automatic runner, advanced to third on Michael Busch’s groundout. He trotted home on Shaw’s liner that Lane Thomas caught in front of the ivy at Wrigley Field . Dansby Swanson had two of Chicago’s three hits as the Cubs swept the series and deal…

Shaw sac fly in 10th lifts Cubs over Guardians 1-0, deals Cleveland 7th ...


Cubs pull out extra-inning win to sweep struggling Guardians
Matt Shaw hit a walk-off sacrifice fly in the 10th inning on Thursday to help the Chicago Cubs beat the visiting Cleveland Guardians 1-0 and sweep the three-game series.
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