Texas Rangers at Chicago Cubs

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Texas Rangers

8-4, 2-3 Away

Final
6 - 10

Chicago Cubs

9-5, 4-3 Home

Swanson hits tiebreaking single in 4-run eighth as the Cubs beat the Rangers 10-6

Swanson's 2-run single gives Cubs the lead

The Cubs blew a 6-3 lead before taking advantage of two errors in the eighth and closing out their seventh win in eight games.

They had the bases loaded when Swanson singled to right against Chris Martin (0-1). Pete Crow-Armstrong added a two-run single against Hoby Milner on a 35-degree night.

Swanson homered leading off the second against Patrick Corbin. He also hit a sacrifice fly in a three-run fifth against Jacob Webb.

Seiya Suzuki and Pete Crow-Armstrong each had three hits and two RBI. Jameson Taillon pitched six innings of three-run ball, and Porter Hodge (1-0) got four outs for the win.

Wyatt Langford homered for Texas. Josh Jung had three hits after being sidelined since March 28 because of neck spasms. But the Rangers lost their second in a row after winning five straight.

Corbin went four innings in his Texas debut, allowing three runs and five hits. The 35-year-old left-hander signed with the Rangers three weeks ago.

Key moment Chicago's Ian Happ reached on a two-base error leading off the eighth when Leody Taveras misjudged his fly to deep center. Martin intentionally walked Kyle Tucker with one out. The Cubs loaded the bases when third baseman Jung misplayed Jon Berti’s grounder before Swanson's big single.

Key stat The gametime temperature of 35 was only one degree warmer than the previous night, which was the coldest game at Wrigley Field since 2011. By comparison, it was 38 when the Blackhawks played the St. Louis Blues in the NHL Winter Classic on New Year’s Eve.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Pillar grounded out to second.
	9th Inning	Seager singled to left.
	9th Inning	Semien caught stealing second, catcher to shortstop.
	9th Inning	Semien grounded into fielder's choice to shortstop, Taveras out at second.
	9th Inning	Taveras reached on infield single to second.
	9th Inning	Pressly relieved Hodge

Statistics

$https://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=/i/teamlogos/mlb/500/tex.png&h=100&scale=crop&w=100&location=origin$ TEX		CHC
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	1
13	Ground Balls	8
10	Strikeouts	5
6	Runs Batted In	10
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
12	Hits	12
1	Stolen Bases	4
1	Walks	6
0	Catcher Interference	0
6	Runs	10
0	Ground Into Double Play	1
0	Sacrifice Flies	1
38	At Bats	35
1	Home Runs	1
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
12	Runners Left On Base	23
2	Triples	0
0	Game Winning RBIs	1
0	Intentional Walks	1
2	Doubles	1
15	Fly Balls	23
1	Caught Stealing	0
137	Pitches	156
0	Games Started	0
0	Pinch At Bats	0
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
1	Is Qualified In Steals	1
21	Total Bases	16
39	Plate Appearances	43
162.0	Projected Home Runs	162.0
5	Extra Base Hits	2
6.6	Runs Created	8.2
.316	Batting Average	.343
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.553	Slugging Percentage	.457
.263	Secondary Average	.400
.333	On Base Percentage	.442
.886	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.899
0.9	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.3
6.6	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	8.9
49.0	Batter Rating	61.0
38.0	At Bats Per Home Run	35.0
0.50	Stolen Base Percentage	1.00
3.51	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.63
.237	Isolated Power	.114
0.10	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	1.20
.026	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.140
-.053	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.057
12.0	Runs Produced	20.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.6	Patience Ratio	0.6
0.4	Balls In Play Average	0.4
95.3	MLB Rating	103.0
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0