The two-run blast hit by Javier Baez in the seventh inning on Wednesday left the bat at 111.4 mph and 20 degrees.<\/p>\n
CHICAGO Scorching a lined shot out to left field, Chicago Cubs shortstop Javier Baez provided the North Siders with a 6-1 lead atop the San Diego Padres on Wednesday. The 384-footer landed in the left field bleachers and bounced out of Wrigley Field and onto Waveland Avenue. <\/p>\n
Reliever Miguel Diaz gave up the blast, Baez's 14th of the season, on an 85.6-mph changeup. The lined shot put the Cubs up 6-1 in the bottom of the seventh and came after a chopper off the bat of center fielder Ian Happ was misplayed, thus plating second baseman Sergio Alcantara, who led off the bottom of the seventh with a triple. Happ scored as a result of the homer by Baez, who now has 38 RBIs.<\/p>\n
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