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ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) \u2014 Kyle Tucker homered twice and drove in five runs as the surging Chicago Cubs routed the Los Angeles Angels 12-1 on Saturday night.<\/p>\n

Reese McGuire added a grand slam and tied a career high with five RBIs to help the Cubs win for the seventh time in nine games. They hold the top National League wild-card spot and are six games behind first-place Milwaukee in the NL Central.<\/p>\n

Cade Horton (8-4) gave up three hits over six scoreless innings and Ben Brown went the rest of the way for his first major league save.<\/p>\n

Busting out of an extended slump, Tucker has three homers in two nights following a 25-game drought. The outburst has come after he was given three games off by manager Craig Counsell earlier in the week.<\/p>\n

Jo Adell homered late for the Angels, who totaled eight hits while losing the first two games of the series.<\/p>\n

Victor Mederos (0-2) and Carson Fulmer were charged with all 12 of the Cubs\u2019 runs. The Angels fell to 2-6 since pulling off a three-game sweep of the Los Angeles Dodgers from Aug. 11-13.<\/p>\n

McGuire\u2019s grand slam in the fourth gave the Cubs a 6-0 lead and they made it 10-0 in the sixth when Tucker went deep for the second time. It was Tucker\u2019s eighth multihomer game and first since May 2024 against the Angels with Houston.<\/p>\n

Adell\u2019s home run in the seventh, his 29th, ended Chicago\u2019s shutout bid.<\/p>\n

Key moment<\/h2>\n

With two outs in the third, Michael Busch tucked a double just inside the first-base line and past a diving Nolan Schanuel to get Tucker to the plate before his first homer of the game.<\/p>\n

Key stat<\/h2>\n

Angels star Mike Trout went 0 for 3 with three strikeouts as his 22-game on-base streak came to an end.<\/p>\n

Up next<\/h2>\n

Angels RHP Kyle Hendricks (6-8, 4.93 ERA) will face his former team Sunday in a matchup against Cubs RHP Jameson Taillon (8-6, 4.26).<\/p>\n

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