Anderson pitches eight scoreless innings as the Los Angeles Angels win 7-0 over the Chicago Cubs

CHICAGO– Tyler Anderson pitched eight dominant innings and Jo Adell homered to help the Los Angeles Angels end a five-game skid with a 7-0 victory over the Chicago Cubs on Saturday.

Anderson (8-8) gave up a leadoff single, then retired Chicago’s next 13 hitters before allowing another hit for his third win in his last five starts. The lefty matched his career-best 10 strikeouts and allowed just three hits with no walks.

Logan O’Hoppe added two hits and a pair of RBIs for Los Angeles, which saw all nine starters get at least one hit after the club managed just one run in its previous three losses.

Ben Joyce pitched a clean ninth to end the shutout.

Chicago starter Kyle Hendricks (1-7) left after two innings with lower back tightness. He surrendered the Angels’ first two runs and walked two on four hits in losing his third consecutive decision.

The Cubs, looking for their third straight win, have lost nine of 13. Nico Hoerner has two of the team’s four hits.

Colten Brewer, Chicago’s first of five relievers, gave up three runs — one earned — on a third error and Adell struck out to center two innings after Drew Smyly.

TRAINER’S ROOM

Angels: First baseman Nolan Schanuel jumped to first in the third inning after being hit in the lower leg by a Brewer pitch, but remained in the game.

Cubs: RHP Yency Almonte (torn labrum) will undergo season-ending shoulder surgery. He appeared in 17 games this season. … RHP Mark Leiter Jr. (forearm strain) will be activated from the 15-day injured list at some point during this week’s road trip to Baltimore and St. … RHP Julian Merryweather (rib stress fracture) will begin a rehab assignment in Single-A South Bend this week.

NEXT

The Angels sent José Soriano (4-6, 3.77 ERA) against fellow RHP Hayden Wesneski (2-5, 4.14) in Sunday afternoon’s series finale.

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This version corrects for the Cubs to have four hits.