CHICAGO — \u2014\u00a0Pete Crow-Armstrong\u00a0became the first major league player to hit for the cycle this season as the\u00a0Chicago Cubs\u00a0rallied for a 5-4 victory over the\u00a0Colorado Rockies\u00a0on Monday night.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Chicago trailed 4-3 in the ninth inning before Pedro Ram\u00edrez hit an RBI single off\u00a0Seth Halvorsen\u00a0with the bases loaded and nobody out.\u00a0Matt Shaw\u00a0then walked on five pitches to force home the winning run.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Cole Carrigg’s three-run homer off\u00a0Caleb Thielbar\u00a0in the eighth, his third home run in seven big league games, gave the Rockies a 4-2 lead. Crow-Armstrong’s sacrifice fly in the bottom half pulled Chicago within one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Crow-Armstrong extended his on-base streak to 19 games with his second leadoff home run in three games, a 434-foot shot center field off\u00a0Michael Lorenzen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Crow-Armstrong led off the third with a triple to center. He doubled in the fifth and singled leading off the seventh for the 13th cycle in Cubs history and second since 1993.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A triple short of a cycle on Saturday, Crow-Armstrong joined Hack Wilson (1930) as the only Cubs center fielders to hit for the cycle since 1901.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Crow-Armstrong finished 4 for 4 with two RBI but only scored once as the Cubs went 0 for 9 with runners in scoring position until the ninth. He was picked off first base by\u00a0Brennan Bernardino\u00a0after his single.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Daniel Palencia\u00a0(2-1) pitched a scoreless ninth for the Cubs (38-35).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Juan Mejia\u00a0(1-6) took the loss for the Rockies (27-46).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Chicago starter\u00a0Shota Imanaga\u00a0allowed one run over 5 2\/3 innings. He was lifted with two on before reliever\u00a0Phil Maton\u00a0walked Carrigg to force home Colrado’s first run.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
With the score tied 1-all in the sixth, Shaw tripled into the right-field corner to score\u00a0Moises Ballesteros\u00a0from first.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ram\u00edrez entered as a pinch hitter in the eighth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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