Carson Kelly has grand slam and career-high 6 RBIs as Cubs rout Blue
Jays 16-2
[June 20, 2026]
By MATT CARLSON
CHICAGO (AP) — Carson Kelly hit his second career grand
slam in Chicago’s seven-run first inning and finished with a career-high
six RBIs as the Cubs routed the Toronto Blue Jays 16-2 on Friday.
Pete Crow-Armstrong had three singles, an RBI and walked twice to extend
his career-high on-base streak to 22 games, helping the Cubs win for the
sixth time in eight games. Chicago's center fielder is batting .409
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Chicago Cubs' Pete Crow-Armstrong, center, hits a one-run single against
the Toronto Blue Jays during the sixth inning of a baseball game Friday,
June 19, 2026, in Chicago. (AP Photo/David Banks) |
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Justin Dean, recalled from Triple-A before the game, drove in
three runs in Chicago's five-run seventh with a triple — his
first career hit — after taking over for Crow-Armstrong in
center in the top of the inning.
The Cubs have scored seven or more runs in an inning in
consecutive games for the first time since July 5-6, 2001, and
done it at Wrigley Field for the first time since May 7-8, 1984.
Ben Brown (4-2) allowed two runs on four hits while striking out
four and walking none in six innings.
Seiya Suzuki and Nico Hoerner each had a double among three hits
in Chicago's 18-hit attack.
The Blue Jays and Kevin Gausman (4-5) were swamped early after a
three-game sweep of the Red Sox in Boston. George Springer hit a
solo shot and drove in a run with a single in his fourth
multihit game in his last five.
Suzuki plated the first two runs in the first inning. Kelly's
slam on a 428-foot drive high into the left-center bleachers
made it 6-0, then Alex Bregman knocked in a run with a single.
The Cubs cashed in on four walks and five hits in the first as
they matched their season high for runs in an inning.
Gausman yielded seven runs on seven hits and four walks in two
innings, his shortest outing this season.
The Cubs got four runs in the sixth and five in the seventh.
Outfielder Myles Straw mopped up as Toronto's sixth reliever.
Up next
Toronto LHP Patrick Corbin (2-3, 4.57 ERA) faces Chicago RHP
Colin Rea (5-5, 5.35) on Saturday.
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