What looked like an easy Angels win Saturday afternoon became very dramatic late, but the Cubs came up just short. The loss had some controversy, as Kyle Schwarber hotly disputed his check-swing strike out that ended the game.
Starter Kyle Hendricks went off script and ran into 2nd inning trouble instead of his usual opening inning issues. Four singles, a Tommy La Stella catcher’s interference, and a double play led to three Los Angeles runs.
Javy Báez got the Cubs on the board in the 3rd with a hustle double that scored Hendricks, who had singled.