Chicago Cubs vs. Baltimore Orioles Results, Stats, and Recap - July 8, 2026 Gametracker - CBS Sports

BALTIMORE (AP) Pete Crow-Armstrong hit two of Chicago's five home runs and the Chicago Cubs outslugged the Baltimore Orioles 9-7 on Wednesday night.

Michael Conforto and Carson Kelly also went deep on the first two pitches of the fifth inning for Chicago, tying the game immediately after Pete Alonso's two-run shot had given Baltimore a 3-1 lead.

Chicago then scored five runs in the seventh, including a three-run shot by Seiya Suzuki.

Tyler O'Neill homered twice for Baltimore and Coby Mayo also went deep.

Colin Rea (7-5) allowed three runs and seven hits in 5 1/3 innings for the Cubs. Dean Kremer (1-2) gave up just six hits in five innings, but four of them were solo homers.

Down 9-3 in the seventh, the Orioles made it interesting against Chicago's bullpen. O’Neill’s pinch-hit homer and Taylor Ward’s RBI single made it 9-5 in the seventh. Then Mayo added a 420-foot homer into the second deck in left field in the eighth, and O'Neill followed with a 433-foot drive to left-center.

Jacob Webb halted the comeback, pitching a perfect ninth for his fourth save.

Crow-Armstrong now has 21 home runs and he became baseball's first 20-homer, 20-stolen base man of the season. He's just the third Cubs player with multiple 20-20 campaigns, along with Ryne Sandberg and Sammy Sosa. Only Sosa and Crow-Armstrong have done it in back-to-back seasons.

No. 9 hitter Jackson Holliday had four hits for the Orioles, but leadoff man Gunnar Henderson went 0 for 5 without hitting the ball out of the infield. Henderson hit into two double plays, and when he finally hit a sharp line drive up the middle with a runner on second in the eighth, shortstop Dansby Swanson made a diving catch to end the inning.

One of the double plays Henderson hit into brought a run home, tying the game at 1 in the third after Crow-Armstrong had opened the scoring in the top of the inning.

After Alonso's 20th homer, Kremer allowed solo shots by Conforto, Kelly and Crow-Armstrong in a four-batter span.

It was still 4-3 in the seventh when Grant Wolfram came in to pitch with two on and one out. He allowed a walk, a sacrifice fly and another walk before throwing a run-scoring wild pitch and then allowing Suzuki's 14th homer.

The Cubs go for a three-game sweep Thursday, sending David Peterson (4-7) to the mound against Trevor Rogers (6-7). The game was moved to 1:35 p.m. ET because of potential bad weather.

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- Oriole Park at Camden Yards Baltimore, MD

- W: C. Rea (7-5) L: D. Kremer (1-2) S: J. Webb (4)

- HR: CHC - S. Suzuki (15), C. Kelly (5), P. Crow-Armstrong 2 (21), M. Conforto (8), BAL - T. O'Neill 2 (6), C. Mayo (11), P. Alonso (20)

. P. Crow-Armstrong Pete Crow-Armstrong CF

2-4, 3 R, 2 RBI, 2 HR, BB, 2 SO

. T. O'Neill Tyler O'Neill RF

- a-homered for Cowser in the 7th

- b-homered for Beavers in the 8th

- HR - P. Crow-Armstrong 2 (21), S. Suzuki (14), M. Conforto (8), C. Kelly (5)

- SF - A. Bregman (5)

- RBI - P. Crow-Armstrong 2 (52), A. Bregman (35), S. Suzuki 3 (45), M. Conforto (22), C. Kelly (31)

- 2-Out RBI - S. Suzuki 3 (3)

- Runners left in scoring position, 2-Out - C. Kelly, D. Swanson

- 2B - D. Beavers (9), J. Holliday (3)

- HR - P. Alonso (20), C. Mayo (11), T. O'Neill 2 (5)

- RBI - T. Ward (24), P. Alonso 2 (62), C. Mayo (33), T. O'Neill 2 (11)

- 2-Out RBI - T. Ward

- Runners left in scoring position, 2-Out - G. Henderson, P. Alonso, B. Alexander

- SB - N. Hoerner (14)

- CS - I. Happ

- CS - D. Beavers (2)

- E - T. Ward

- Pitches-Strikes - C. Rea 91-58, D. Pomeranz 22-14, T. Thornton 6-4, C. Thielbar 21-16, J. Webb 9-8

- Ground Balls-Fly Balls - C. Rea 7-4, D. Pomeranz 1-2, T. Thornton 0-1, C. Thielbar 0-3, J. Webb 3-0

- Batters Faced - C. Rea 22, D. Pomeranz 7, T. Thornton 2, C. Thielbar 6, J. Webb 3

- Pitches-Strikes - D. Kremer 92-55, R. Garcia 25-16, G. Wolfram 25-14, A. Suarez 14-8, T. Wells 11-9

- Ground Balls-Fly Balls - D. Kremer 4-10, R. Garcia 4-0, G. Wolfram 0-2, A. Suarez 2-1, T. Wells 1-0

- Batters Faced - D. Kremer 21, R. Garcia 6, G. Wolfram 5, A. Suarez 4, T. Wells 3