Cody Bellinger homered twice and Brady Singer was unable to escape the fourth inning in a 6-4 Cubs win to tie the series on Saturday afternoon. Bobby Witt Jr. kept up his torrid hitting with a three-hit afternoon, but the Royals struck out 12 times and left eight runners on base in the loss.
Singer retired Mike Tauchman on a grounder to begin the first, but Nico Hoerner’s grounder was misplayed by Witt for an error. Cody Bellinger made it hurt with his first home run of the day, a two-run shot, to make it 2-0 Cubs. The Royals got a run back in the second when Salvador Perez singled and Freddy Fermin doubled.