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Athletics at Cubs (9/18)

Highlights:

* Athletics beat the Cubs 5-2 in Chicago on Sunday.
* Paul Blackburn pitched 5.1 shutout innings for Oakland, allowing just two hits.
* Elvis Andrus hit a two-run homer in the third inning to give the A's the lead.
* The Athletics have now won four of their last six games.

Oakland Athletics

The Athletics improved to 56-87 with the win, while the Cubs fell to 64-80.
Blackburn (9-7) struck out six and walked one. He has allowed just two earned runs in his last three starts, spanning 17.1 innings.
Andrus' homer was his 11th of the season. He is now hitting .275 with 42 RBIs.
The Athletics also got a two-run single from Seth Brown in the fifth inning.
Brown is hitting .258 with 25 RBIs this season.
Domingo Acevedo pitched the ninth inning for the Athletics and earned his sixth save of the season.
Acevedo has not allowed an earned run in his last 10 appearances.

Chicago Cubs

The Cubs have lost five of their last six games.
Keegan Thompson (10-7) took the loss for the Cubs.
Thompson allowed five runs on seven hits in 4.2 innings.
He struck out five and walked two.
Patrick Wisdom hit a solo home run for the Cubs in the eighth inning.
Wisdom is hitting .242 with 24 home runs and 66 RBIs this season.
The Cubs had a chance to tie the game in the ninth inning, but Seiya Suzuki struck out with two runners on base.
Suzuki is hitting .262 with 14 home runs and 46 RBIs this season.
The Athletics and Cubs will play the second game of their three-game series on Monday night.