The Cubs and Guardians played a wild game at Progressive Field Monday night that featured big swings in momentum and eventually ended up being decided by a single run. Cleveland was able to outlast Chicago with a run in the bottom of the 8th and held on for a 9-8 win.
The Cubs took the lead with a pair of home runs against Guardians starter Ben Lively. Birthday boy Ian Happ mashed a two-run homer in the 3rd and Pete Crow-Armstrong lined a solo shot in the 4th to put the road team ahead 3-0.