Díaz hits slam, Freeland earns win as Rockies top Cubs 13-6

DENVER (AP) — Elías Díaz hit a grand slam, Kyle Freeland got his first win in more than a month and the Colorado Rockies beat the Chicago Cubs 13-6 on Tuesday night.

Freeland (2-6) pitched five innings and earned his first win since June 28 before being removed with a left foot contusion. He was hit by a line drive with one out in the fifth, finished the inning and was replaced after throwing warmup pitches in the sixth. He allowed two runs on four hits and struck out five.

X-rays on the foot were negative.

“Immediately the pain struck in my foot,” Freeland said. “Pretty drastic at the time. When that kind of stuff happens, adrenaline takes over and you’re kind of able to fight off that pain a little bit.

“Thankfully the x-rays came back negative on it, so that’s really good news. That’s a big bullet to dodge right there.”

Manager Bud Black said Freeland could make his next scheduled start.

“Hopefully the soreness subsides, and if there is some swelling, it subsides,” Black said.

Sam Hilliard also homered and C.J. Cron had three hits and three RBIs for the Rockies.

Ian Happ homered for the Cubs, who played most of the game without manager David Ross, who was ejected in the second inning by home plate umpire Adam Hamari. Hamari had issued a warning to Ross when Patrick Wisdom was batting, and then Ross started yelling after a strike call on the first pitch to Happ.

Hamari tossed him and Ross came out to argue with Hamari before heading to the Cubs clubhouse.

“Maybe a little quick, but I think my voice carries a little bit more than I appreciate sometimes,” Ross said of the ejection. “I was upset about the call down to Wisdom, I thought it wasn’t the best call I’d seen. I was probably a little louder than I needed to be...

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