Mason Montgomery picks up ninth save vs. Angels

Luis Lara won the game in extras, but Chourio got it there with his 110-mph blast to left off the Cubs’ closer. It was his career-high 22 homer after he finished with 21 each of his first two years. Since he missed the start of the year with a hand fracture, this year’s homer total has come in 20 fewer games (111) than last year (131) and 37 fewer games than in 2024 (148).

Misirowski threw fastballs on 63 of his 93 pitches and topped out at 104.5 mph before exiting with the scored tied 1-1 tonight. All nine of his strikeouts came on the heater. He’s up to 236 strikeouts for the season, which is the highest total for an NL starter since Spencer Strider came in at 281 in 2023. He should make his next start next Tuesday against the Pirates.

Megill, who would have taken a loss if the Brewers hadn’t come back in the bottom of the ninth, gave up two singles, a double and a walk while retiring just one of the five batters he faced. The walk, though, would have been overturned into a strikeout if the Brewers hadn’t been out of challenges. Megill also gave up a run while pitching Monday and probably could use a couple of days off at this point. Expect Abner Uribe to close if the Brewers have a save chance Wednesday.

The run came right away in the first, but Peterson, who walled six hits and walked three, was in trouble throughout. When he was lifted from a 1-1 game, it was with runners on first and second and one out in the fifth. Neither runner scored, though, as a single with two outs saw Jackson Chourio barely get thrown out at home to end the inning. Peterson failed to complete five innings for the second straight start, but he did keep the Cubs in the game. He’ll likely face the Braves next on Monday.

Jackson Chourio delivered the game-tying homer in the ninth after Christian Yelich singled as a pinch-hitter. It was Webb’s first save chance since he left last Wednesday’s game after getting hit in the forearm by a comebacker. He’s now blown three straight save chances since his last conversion on Aug. 14. The door is wide open for Daniel Palencia to win back the ninth, but since his results have been poor since coming off the IL, the Cubs might choose to mix and match for now. Ryan Zeferjahn would also presumably be in the mix for saves.

Turang is 8-for-15 with seven RBI and five walks in five games since the Brewers briefly dropped him to sixth in the order last week. He’s already back batting second the last two days.

Okamoto clubbed a solo homer in the second inning off Jack Perkins, then later knocked a base hit in the sixth. The home run gets the 30-year-old slugger to 30 round-trippers in his first MLB season. He’s slashing .234/.308/.454 with 75 runs scored and 83 RBI across 572 plate appearances.

Cortes provided one of only two runs the A’s could score against José Soriano on Tuesday, taking him deep for a solo home run in the fourth inning. The 29-year-old outfielder is hitting .261/.328/.405 with nine homers and 40 RBI across 341 plate appearances.

Louis Varland got the night off after pitching in three of the last five games. It was Miles who got the call to close out the final two innings in Sacramento with a two-run lead. He tossed two clean frames, striking out three batters for his second save of the season.

Soriano held the A’s scoreless through three innings until Carlos Cortes took him deep for a solo blast in the fourth. After two more scoreless innings, Donovan Walton took him deep for a solo homer in the seventh. Soriano would complete the seventh with just the two runs allowed while striking out three. The 27-year-old right-hander will take a 3.48 ERA, 1.28 WHIP, and a 154/71 K/BB ratio across 163 innings into a start against the Orioles in Toronto on Sunday.