Bryant gets 1st hit, reaches 5 times as Cubs beat Padres 7-6
CHICAGO - Kris Bryant got a standing ovation for his first major league hit and reached base five times Saturday in the Chicago Cubs' 7-6, 11-inning win over the San Diego Padres.
A day after the prized prospect went 0 for 4 with three strikeouts in his big league debut, Bryant went 2 for 3 with three walks.
He allowed Wil Myers' bouncer leading off the game to kick off his glove for his first major league error.
Bryant walked against Tyson Ross in the first and fourth innings. With the Cubs trailing 2-1 in the fifth, Bryant hit a broken-bat single off the end of his bat into short center to drive in the tying run, earning a big cheer from the 33,958 fans at Wrigley Field.
Bryant walked in the seventh, flied out in the ninth and reached on an infield single to shortstop in the 11th against Craig Kimbrel (0-1), moving Anthony Rizzo to third with one out. Pinch-hitter David Ross walked to load the bases, bringing up Starlin Castro.
San Diego brought in Myers from center as a fifth infielder and, with all five playing in, Castro singled past third baseman Will Middlebrooks and into left field.
Zac Rosscup (1-0) allowed one hit in two scoreless innings for his second major league win.
Matt Kemp, who is batting .340 with nine RBIs, hit a two-run homer in the first off Kyle Hendricks, who allowed two runs and three hits in six innings with eight strikeouts and no walks.
Ross gave up three runs, five hits and five walks in 5 2-3 innings, striking out nine.
Trailing 6-2, Chicago tied the score in the ninth, which began with singles by Yonder Alonso and Kemp off Phil Coke.
Justin Upton greeted Hector Rondon with a run-scoring single, Middlebrooks hit an RBI double, Jedd Gyorko had a run-scoring groundout and pinch-hitter Yangervis Solarte tied the score with a two-out single.
Rondon had converted 17 straight save opportunities since Aug. 5.
Miguel Montero's opposite-field home run to left through a 19 mph wind had given the Cubs a 3-2 lead in the sixth.
UP NEXT
Padres: Andrew Cashner (0-2 with a 4.09 ERA) is Sunday's scheduled starter.
Cubs: Jon Lester (0-1 with a 7.84 ERA) makes his third start for the Cubs.
TRAINER'S ROOM
Cubs 3B Mike Olt arrived in the Chicago clubhouse Saturday with a cast on his right wrist, which has a hairline fracture. "Hopefully, the cast will be off in three, four weeks, and then start my rehab from there."