Kyle Tucker went 3-for-5 with two home runs and a double and five RBIs and Reese McGuire hit a grand slam and drove in five runs as the Chicago Cubs cruised to a 12-1 victory over the Los Angeles Angels on Saturday night in Anaheim, Calif,
It was the eighth multi-homer game of Tucker’s career, three of which have come against the Angels, and his first with the Cubs. Michael Busch and Willi Castro each had two hits for Chicago, which finished with 14 hits and scored 10 or more runs in a game for the 18th time this season.
Rookie Cade Horton (8-4) picked up the win, allowing three hits over six shutout innings. He walked one and struck out seven and threw just 34 pitches over the first four innings. Ben Brown allowed one run on two hits over the final three innings to pick up his first save.
Jo Adell homered and had two hits for Los Angeles. Victor Mederos (0-2) suffered the loss, allowing six runs on four hits in four innings. He walked two, hit a batter and struck out four.
Chicago took a 2-0 lead in the third inning on a two-run homer to right by Tucker, driving in Busch who had doubled.
The Cubs extended the lead to 6-0 in the fourth on McGuire’s first career grand slam, a 389-foot drive to right-center.
Chicago blew the game open with four more runs in the sixth inning against reliever Carson Fulmer. Busch had an RBI single to make it 7-0, and Tucker followed with his 21st home run and third in two games, a 394-foot three-run blast to right. It was Tucker’s 27th career homer against the Angels.
The Cubs added two more runs to make it 12-0 in the seventh. Dansby Swanson doubled to drive in Owen Caissie, who had opened the inning with a double and advanced to third on an infield single by Hoerner. McGuire then drove in Hoerner with a sacrifice fly.
Adell broke up the shutout in the bottom of the seventh with his 29th homer, a 389-foot line drive to right.
–Field Level Media
