Overview

• Rookie Matt Shaw delivered a deep sacrifice fly in the 10th inning to bring home the automatic runner Nico Hoerner and clinch a 1-0 win for the Cubs.
• Chris Flexen earned the victory by pitching a perfect, scoreless 10th inning in relief, improving to 5-0 on the season.
• Chicago’s rookie starter Cade Horton logged a career-high seven scoreless innings, allowing five hits with five strikeouts.
• The Guardians suffered their seventh straight loss, scoring only 12 runs over that span and stranding a season-high eight runners on base on Thursday.
• Scheduled Cleveland starter Luis Ortiz was placed on non-disciplinary leave as the subject of a Major League Baseball gambling investigation, leading to Joey Cantillo making his first start of the season.