Cubs Power Past Angels Behind Boyd’s 10-Strikeout Performance

CHICAGO (Interstat) — Matthew Boyd struck out 10 over 5 2/3 dominant innings, and the Chicago Cubs used a five-run third to defeat the Los Angeles Angels 6-2 on Wednesday afternoon at Wrigley Field.

Boyd allowed one earned run on two hits to earn the win. The Cubs sent 10 batters to the plate in the third, keyed by RBI hits from Nico Hoerner, Alex Bregman and Matt Shaw. The Angels scored both runs in the sixth on an RBI single by Jo Adell and a fielding error. Brent Suter struck out four in two scoreless relief innings for Los Angeles. The game took 2 hours, 44 minutes before a crowd of 25,125.