CHICAGO (Interstat) — José Soriano continued his dominant start to the season with six shutout innings, and Logan O’Hoppe’s two-run single in the sixth provided all the offense the Los Angeles Angels needed in a 2-0 victory over the Chicago Cubs on Tuesday night at Wrigley Field.

A crowd of 26,288 watched a brisk, 2-hour, 48-minute pitchers’ duel that saw the Angels even their record at 3-3 while the Cubs fell to 2-3.

The most important sequence of the game unfolded in the top of the sixth inning, breaking a tense scoreless deadlock. With Cubs starter Jameson Taillon and reliever Ben Brown having stifled the Angels on three hits through five, the lineup finally broke through against right-hander Phil Maton. Jorge Soler worked a leadoff walk and Jeimer Candelario followed with a sharp double down the right-field line, putting runners on second and third with no outs. Maton nearly escaped, striking out Jo Adell and getting Josh Lowe to ground out back to the mound, leaving the runners stationary. But catcher Logan O’Hoppe, facing a two-out situation, hit a ground ball that deflected off the glove of third baseman Alex Bregman and trickled into left field. Both Soler and Candelario raced home, giving the Angels a 2-0 lead that would stand for the remainder of the game.

That clutch hit rendered a masterpiece from Angels starter José Soriano a winning effort. The right-hander, building on a six-inning, two-hit outing in Houston on March 26, was even more efficient against the Cubs. He allowed just two singles, walked two and struck out four over his six frames. Soriano expertly navigated traffic, aided by two double plays turned behind him. He induced an inning-ending 6-4-3 double play from Alex Bregman with a runner on in the third, and the Angels turned another on a Matt Shaw grounder in the fifth after a leadoff single. Soriano improved to 2-0 on the young season.

The Cubs’ best chance to answer came in the seventh after Soriano’s departure. Reliever Chase Silseth allowed a one-out single to Nico Hoerner and, after a strikeout, a walk to Moisés Ballesteros. That brought the potential go-ahead run to the plate in Matt Shaw, but left-hander Drew Pomeranz entered and promptly ended the threat by getting Shaw to fly out to right field.

Chicago put the tying run on base in the ninth against closer Jordan Romano. After two quick outs, Dansby Swanson drew a walk, bringing pinch-hitter Michael Conforto to the plate as the winning run. Romano, however, struck out Conforto swinging to seal the victory and earn his second save of the year.

The Angels’ offense managed just five hits, with Oswald Peraza collecting two, including a double. The Cubs were limited to four singles, with Hoerner’s seventh-inning knock being their only hit after the fifth inning. Cubs pitchers combined for 10 strikeouts and issued five walks, with the two free passes in the sixth proving costly.

Jameson Taillon was sharp for Chicago in a no-decision, allowing two hits and three walks over 4 2/3 scoreless innings. He worked out of a bases-loaded, two-out jam in the second and stranded two more in scoring position in the fifth after an intentional walk to Mike Trout. Reliever Ben Brown was equally impressive, firing 3 1/3 innings of one-hit, scoreless relief with five strikeouts. The loss fell to Phil Maton (0-1), who was charged with both runs in his two-thirds of an inning.

The victory allowed the Angels to bounce back from a 7-2 loss to the Cubs in the series opener on Monday. The teams will conclude the three-game set Wednesday afternoon at Wrigley Field before both embark on extended homestands and road trips.

According to pregame projections from Interstat, the result was an upset. The Cubs were installed as 1.5-run favorites and their ELO rating gave them a 68.1% probability of victory. The game simulator had projected a 4-3 Angels win. The combined two runs fell well under the over/under line of 7.