OAKLAND, Calif. — Patrick Wisdom hit two extra homers and drove in 4 runs, main Hayden Wesneski and the Chicago Cubs to a 10-1 victory over the Oakland Athletics on Monday night time.
Wisdom, who performed at close by Saint Mary’s College, related for a solo drive within the second inning and a three-run shot within the eighth. He has 5 homers throughout a four-game streak and eight homers on the season, tied for the large league lead.
“I feel in a good place with where I’m at and just look forward to keeping it going,” Wisdom mentioned. “I think it’s just being calm, being trusting in who you are and the work that you’ve done, and ultimately being confident.”
Added Cubs supervisor David Ross: “Wis is locked in. Homers come in bunches. We’ve said that a long time in baseball. Right now, he’s feeling good.”
Ian Happ added three RBIs and Cody Bellinger had a career-high 5 hits because the Cubs gained for the eighth time in 11 video games. Wesneski (1-0) pitched seven innings of one-run ball after struggling in his first two begins of the season.
“We’re rolling,” Bellinger mentioned. “Up and down through our lineup, there’s not a weak spot. We’re having fun. It’s a really good lineup.”
PHOTOS: Patrick Wisdom hits 2 extra homers as Cubs pound Athletics
Chicago completed with a season-high 20 hits in its first sport in Oakland since 2016.
Oakland left-hander Kyle Muller (0-1) was tagged for six runs and 13 hits in 4 innings.
“This is a good-hitting club,” A’s supervisor Mark Kotsay mentioned. “They had a good approach. They didn’t chase.”
The Athletics misplaced their fifth sport in a row. They dropped to 3-14, matching the 1951 and ’56 groups for the worst 17-game begin in franchise historical past.
Oakland jumped in entrance on a run-scoring fielder’s selection by Aledmys Díaz within the first inning. But Chicago opened a 6-1 lead with 4 runs within the fourth.
Yan Gomes and Nico Hoerner every hit an RBI single earlier than Happ despatched a two-run single into heart subject.
Hoerner had two hits and scored three runs. He additionally picked up his majors-leading ninth stolen base.
TRAINER’S ROOM
Cubs: RHP Kyle Hendricks (proper shoulder pressure) threw 36 pitches in two innings in a simulated sport. Ross mentioned the objective is to get him as much as at the very least three innings earlier than sending him on a rehab task.
Athletics: INF Jace Peterson was held out of the lineup with left wrist soreness following a dive in Sunday’s loss to the Mets. Kotsay referred to as it precautionary and mentioned Peterson was accessible off the bench if wanted. … RHP Paul Blackburn, recovering from a proper center fingernail avulsion, developed a blister on his center finger in Sunday’s rehab begin for Triple-A Las Vegas, placing his subsequent begin in query. Kotsay mentioned the blister was unrelated to the fingernail avulsion. … C Manny Piña (left wrist sprain) will start a rehab task Friday at Single-A Stockton.
UP NEXT
RHP Marcus Stroman (2-1, 1.00 ERA) begins Tuesday night time for Chicago reverse Oakland LHP Ken Waldichuk (0-2, 10.20 ERA).
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