A’s rally for tie in eighth before Kurtz wins it in 10th

CHICAGO — Nick Kurtz singled successful automatic runner Alika Williams successful the 10th inning, and the Athletics rallied for a 2nd consecutive win, 5-4 implicit the sliding Chicago Cubs connected Wednesday night.

Kurtz extended his hitting streak to 5 games with his deed successful the 10th disconnected Ethan Roberts (0-1), Chicago’s sixth reliever.

The Cubs (32-30) squandered a two-run pb successful the eighth inning and mislaid their 3rd consecutive and for the 18th clip successful 23 games.

Pinch-hitter Colby Thomas deed a 426-foot solo homer implicit the left-field bleachers successful the eighth, and Tyler Soderstrom drove successful his 2nd tally of the crippled with his 2nd azygous arsenic the Athletics tied it 4-all, with some runs coming disconnected reliever Caleb Thielbar.

The Athletics program to determination to Las Vegas successful 2028, erstwhile they are scheduled to unfastened play astatine a caller ballpark connected the Strip.

Chicago’s Pete Crow-Armstrong and Seiya Suzuki homered, and Ian Happ had 2 doubles, including the 1,000th deed of his career.

Happ became the 37th Cubs subordinate to each 1,000 hits — and the 2nd Chicago switch-hitter to execute the feat — with a treble to close successful the fourth. The four-time Gold Glove near fielder reached the milestone batting right-handed against A’s lefty Jeffrey Springs. He doubled again successful the eighth.

Crow-Armstrong extended his hitting streak to 8 games with a two-run drive, his eighth, successful the third. Michael Busch tripled successful a run.

Hogan Harris (3-0) the Athletics’ 5th reliever, pitched a 1-2-3 ninth for the win. Justin Sterner retired each 3 Cubs hitters successful the 10th for his archetypal save.

Soderstrom extended his hitting streak to a season-high 9 games and is 14-for-32 (.438) during the stretch. Williams had an RBI.

Cubs starter Colin Rea allowed 2 runs connected 4 hits successful 51/3 innings. Springs allowed 4 runs connected 7 hits successful 32/3 innings, but avoided a seventh consecutive nonaccomplishment erstwhile the A’s rallied.

The Athletics jumped up 1-0 successful the first, past led 2-0 successful the second. Suzuki’s thrust to near successful the bottommost fractional chopped it to 2-1.

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