CHICAGO — \u2014\u00a0Nick Kurtz\u00a0singled in automatic runner\u00a0Alika Williams\u00a0in the 10th inning, and the Athletics rallied for a second straight win, 5-4 over the sliding\u00a0Chicago Cubs\u00a0on Wednesday night.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Kurtz extended his hitting streak to five games with his hit in the 10th off\u00a0Ethan Roberts\u00a0(0-1), Chicago’s sixth reliever.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Cubs (32-30) squandered a two-run lead in the eighth inning and lost their third straight and for the 18th time in 23 games.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Pinch-hitter\u00a0Colby Thomas\u00a0hit a 426-foot solo homer over the left-field bleachers in the eighth, and\u00a0Tyler Soderstrom\u00a0drove in his second run of the game with his second single as the Athletics tied it 4-all, with both runs coming off reliever\u00a0Caleb Thielbar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Chicago’s\u00a0Pete Crow-Armstrong\u00a0and\u00a0Seiya Suzuki\u00a0homered, and\u00a0Ian Happ\u00a0had two doubles, including the 1,000th hit of his career.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Happ became the 37th Cubs player to each 1,000 hits \u2014 and the second Chicago switch-hitter to accomplish the feat \u2014 with a double to right in the fourth. The four-time Gold Glove left fielder reached the milestone batting right-handed against A’s lefty\u00a0Jeffrey Springs. He doubled again in the eighth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Crow-Armstrong extended his hitting streak to eight games with a two-run drive, his eighth, in the third.\u00a0Michael Busch\u00a0tripled in a run.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Hogan Harris\u00a0(3-0) the Athletics’ fifth reliever, pitched a 1-2-3 ninth for the win.\u00a0Justin Sterner\u00a0retired all three Cubs hitters in the 10th for his first save.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Soderstrom extended his hitting streak to a season-high nine games and is 14-for-32 (.438) during the stretch. Williams had an RBI.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Cubs starter\u00a0Colin Rea\u00a0allowed two runs on four hits in 5 1\/3 innings. Springs allowed four runs on seven hits in 3 2\/3 innings, but avoided a seventh straight loss when the A’s rallied.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Athletics jumped ahead 1-0 in the first, then led 2-0 in the second. Suzuki\u2019s drive to left in the bottom half cut it to 2-1.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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