Mar 4, 2014; Mesa, AZ, USA; Oakland Athletics outfielder Billy Burns (19) slides safely into third base in front of Chicago Cubs 3rd baseman Donnie Murphy (8) in the first inning of their spring training baseball game at Cubs Park. Mandatory Credit: Lance Iversen-USA TODAY Sports.
The Chicago Cubs pushed across three runs in the bottom of the eighth on Tuesday, cancelling out three scoreless innings of relief byArnold Leonas a split squad of Oakland Athletics dropped a 6-4 decision at Cubs Park in Mesa, Ariz.
StarterTommy Milonewas hit hard, allowing a run in the first and two more in the third. He surrendered five hits and struck out one in three innings.
Leon was next and he shut the door on the Cubs (2-3) for three innings, allowing two hits and a walk while striking out one.
Oakland (5-2) scored in the first inning on an RBI single byBrandon Mossthat drove inBilly Burns.
The Cubs came back in the bottom of the first, scoring a run onJustin Ruggiano’s ground-rule double to right-center field. Ruggiano followed that up in the third with a two-run homer, his first of the spring, to left-center.
Burns came around to score again in the top of the fifth on a flare to center byJosh Reddickand the A’s tied it in the sixth on an RBI single byEric Sogardand platedSam Fuld.
Michael Ynoa(0-1) worked a scoreless seventh for the A’s, but ran into trouble in the eighth.Albert Almoradrove in a run with a grounder up the middle andMike Oltfollowed by launching his first homer of the spring to left field to bring home a pair.
Burns scored his third run of the day on an RBI grounder byJose Martinezin the ninth, but with two outs and the tying run at the plate,Anthony Aliottibounced out on a comebacker to pitcherBrian Schlitterto end it.
Moss and Reddick each had two hits and Burns stole a pair of bases to run his Cactus League total to seven. Fuld andNick Puntohad Oakland’s only extra base hits, with each collecting a double.
Ynoa allowed three runs on two hits and a walk in 1.2 innings, striking out two, andAndrew Wernergot the last out of the eighth inning.
The A’s visit the Milwaukee Brewers with a full squad on Wednesday at Maryvale Baseball Park at 12:05 p.m. Pacific.
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