Miley gives up grand slam, Cubs lose 10-3 in Miami
MIAMI - Bryan De La Cruz hit a grand slam in the third inning off Cubs starter Wade Miley and the Marlins beat the North Siders 10-3 on Monday night.
Rookie Charles Leblanc and Jon Berti also went deep while Miguel Rojas had 3 hits for the Marlins. Berti also singled twice and stole 2 bases, giving him an NL-leading 36.
Miami starter Edward Cabrera (6-3) threw 5 innings of 3-run ball. The rookie right-hander gave up 3 hits, walked 3, struck out 4 and hit 2 batters.
De La Cruz's blast off Cubs starter Wade Miley (1-1) capped a 5-run third and erased a 2-0 deficit. He is hitting .333 with 3 homers and 12 RBI since being recalled a second time this season from Triple-A on Sept. 7.
Berti hit a solo homer to put Miami on the board. Leblanc then reached on a fielding error, Brian Anderson was hit by a pitch and Nick Fortes hit a two-out infield single that loaded the bases. De La Cruz followed with an opposite-field drive to right-center for his 10th homer and second career grand slam.
The Marlins added 2 runs in the fourth and ended Miley's outing after 3-plus innings. Jerar Encarnación scored from third on a wild pitch and Berti hit an RBI single.
In his third start since returning from the 60-day injured list, Miley allowed 7 runs, 3 earned, on 7 hits. He walked 2 in addition to plunking Anderson.
De La Cruz had another bases-loaded opportunity in the fourth, but Chicago reliever Jeremiah Estrada struck him out, ending an eight-pitch at bat.
Rojas' run-scoring single in the seventh made it 8-3 and Leblanc hit a 2-run shot in the eighth.
The Cubs struck first on Christopher Morel's solo homer and Ian Happ's RBI double in the third.
Before De La Cruz's slam, Fortes hit a high chopper to third that shattered his bat. The splintered bat and ball sailed in Cubs third baseman David Bote's direction. As Bote attempted to field the grounder, the ball deflected off the bag, allowing Forte to reach.
Injury update:
Cubs catcher Willson Contreras showed no discomfort while running in a straight line Sunday, but still encountered challenges with turning, manager David Ross said.