Holy mackerel! The Cubs beat the Yanks 5-2 on Saturday behind a quality start from David Peterson (6.1 IP, 1 ER, 8 K), a home run from Nico Hoerner, and 2.2 scoreless relief innings from the 'pen!
Peterson has now held opponents to two or fewer runs in five of his six starts as a Cub, and both Trent Thornton (0.2 IP, 0 ER) and Jacob Webb (1.0 IP, 0 ER) pushed their ERAs even farther below 3.00 (2.97 and 2.59, respectively).
On the offensive side, Pete Crow-Armstrong, in the midst of his best season as a Cub, started August with a triple to give him a 1-for-3 night. He finished July with a 1.015 OPS after posting a torrid June (1.215 OPS).
Nico Hoerner went 2-for-4, starting August on the right foot after batting .301 in July.
The series wraps up Sunday at Wrigley before the Dodgers hit the Friendly Confines for a three-game set that starts Monday.
111 games down, 51 to go.
Go Cubs go!
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