CHICAGO (AP) Matthew Boyd pitched seven sharp innings for his eighth win, Seiya Suzuki cracked his team-leading twenty third homer and the Chicago Cubs topped the sliding Cleveland Guardians 5-2 on Tuesday evening.

Carson Kelly doubled twice with a sac fly for 3 RBIs. Michael Busch went 3-for-3 and drove in a run to assist NL Central-leading Chicago win its fiftieth recreation.

Carlos Santana had two hits, together with his four-hundredth profession double, however Cleveland dropped its fifth straight.

The Guardians scored two runs within the fourth ending a skid of 17 straight scoreless innings on Nolan Jones’ RBI single and Angel Martínez’s sacrifice fly. Cleveland has scored in simply two of its final 45 innings.

Boyd (8-3) allowed two runs on 5 hits with 5 strikeout and one stroll. The left-hander completed by retiring 11 straight hitters earlier than Brad Keller entered for the eighth.

Daniel Palencia struck out two in an ideal ninth for his ninth save.

Cleveland’s Gavin Williams (5-4) yielded 4 runs on seven hits and 4 walks.

The Cubs took a 3-0 lead in a unusual second on 4 straight hits.

Then Kelly was out at house when he tried to attain from third after the ball acquired away from catcher Bo Naylor. Williams walked the following two hitters Nico Hoerner and Matt Shaw however picked each off first.

After Cleveland minimize it to 3-2 within the fourth, Suzuki hit his solo shot to left within the sixth.

Key second

It appeared like Cleveland’s offense lastly woke up within the fourth. However Boyd picked off Jones for the second out, then acquired Naylor to floor out.

Key stat

Boyd tossed his twelfth high quality begin in 17. Hes one win wanting his profession excessive of 9, reached with Detroit in 2018 and 2019

Up subsequent

Guardians RHP Tanner Bibee (4-8, 3.80 ERA) faces Cubs LHP Shota Imanaga (4-2, 2.54) on Wednesday.

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