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04/25 16:33 CDT Crow-Armstrong homers for his first big league hit as the Cubs
beat the Astros 3-1
Crow-Armstrong homers for his first big league hit as the Cubs beat the Astros
3-1
CHICAGO (AP) --- Pete Crow-Armstrong hit a tiebreaking two-run homer for his
first major league hit, and the Chicago Cubs swept the Houston Astros with a
3-1 victory on Thursday.
Nico Hoerner had three hits and Mike Tauchman went 1 for 1 with three walks as
Chicago won for the fourth time in five games. Hayden Wesneski (2-0) pitched 2
1/3 perfect innings for the win in relief of Javier Assad.
Houston has lost a season-high five straight and eight of nine overall. At
7-19, it is off to its worst 26-game start since it was 6-20 in 1969.
First-year manager Joe Espada was ejected by plate umpire Jansen Visconti in
the top of ninth.
Crow-Armstrong was recalled from Triple-A Iowa when Cody Bellinger was placed
on the 10-day injured list on Wednesday with two fractured ribs. The
22-year-old outfielder, who is considered one of the team's top prospects, made
his big league debut last year and went 0 for 14 while appearing in 13 games.
He picked a perfect time for his first major league hit.
Houston had a 1-0 lead before Dansby Swanson scampered home on a fielder's
choice grounder for Miguel Amaya in the sixth.
Espada then replaced Rafael Montero with Bryan Abreu, who threw a wild pitch
with Crow-Armstrong trying to sacrifice Amaya to second. Crow-Armstrong then
drove his next pitch deep to right, delighting the crowd of 29,876 at Wrigley
Field.
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