Another wild night at Wrigley: Cubs rally past Dodgers 11-10 in 10th

Ian Happ hit a game-ending RBI single in the 10th inning, and the Chicago Cubs outlasted the Los Angeles Dodgers for a wild 11-10 victory on Tuesday night.

The Cubs were down to their last out in the ninth when Miguel Amaya hit a solo homer off Tanner Scott that landed in the basket in center field, sending a charge through the crowd of 36,425 at Wrigley Field.

After Porter Hodge (2-0) escaped a jam in the top of the 10th, Happ grounded the first pitch from Noah Davis (0-1) into right field. Vidal Bruján scored easily from second as the Cubs poured out of the dugout to celebrate.

The Dodgers scored five times in the seventh to take a 10-7 lead.

Kyle Tucker and Pete Crow-Armstrong homered as Chicago improved to 3-1 on an eight-game homestand. Happ finished with four hits and scored twice.

Tommy Edman, Andy Pages and Will Smith went deep for Los Angeles, which had won five of six. Edman finished with four RBIs.

Matthew Boyd (1-2, 2.01 ERA) starts for the Cubs on Wednesday night. The Dodgers are going with a bullpen game.

Chicago has a 15-10 record overall and a 7-5 record in home games. The Cubs have the third-best team batting average in MLB play at .265.

Los Angeles has a 6-6 record in road games and a 16-8 record overall. Dodgers pitchers have a collective 3.82 ERA, which ranks 10th in MLB play.

Wednesday’s game is the seventh time these teams square off this season. The season series is tied 3-3.

Kyle Tucker has eight doubles, two triples and seven home runs while hitting .320 for the Cubs. Carson Kelly is 8-for-23 with five home runs over the last 10 games. Crow-Armstrong is batting .367 (18 for 49) in his last 12 games.


(AP Photo Erin Hooley)