ANAHEIM, Calif. \u2014 Nico Hoerner had an RBI double against former teammate Kyle Hendricks and the Chicago Cubs beat the Los Angeles Angels 4-3 on Sunday to complete a three-game series sweep.<\/p>\n
Hoerner and Matt Shaw each had two hits in backing right-hander Jameson Taillon (9-6), who allowed one run in five innings as the Cubs won their third straight series. Right-hander Daniel Palencia worked out of a ninth-inning jam for his 20th save.<\/p>\n
Taylor Ward hit his 30th home run for the Angels, who are 2-7 since a three-game sweep of the Los Angeles Dodgers.<\/p>\n
Hendricks (6-9) gave up four runs on five hits over 4 1\/3 innings with three walks and two strikeouts in his first start against his former club<\/a>. He joined the Angels this season after 11 seasons with the Cubs, where he played a key role in their 2016 World Series title.<\/p>\n Ward reached 30 home runs for the first time in his career with a first-inning blast for a 1-0 lead.<\/p>\n Kyle Tucker had a game-tying RBI single in the third inning and Hoerner had his run-scoring double in the fourth. The Cubs chased Hendricks in the fifth when they got a sacrifice fly from Pete Crow-Armstrong and an RBI single from Carson Kelly for a 4-1 lead.<\/p>\n The Angels pulled within a run in the sixth on an RBI double by Ward and a run-scoring grounder by Luis Rengifo.<\/p>\n Key moment<\/p>\n After he walked the go-ahead run with one out in the ninth, Palencia struck out rookie Christian Moore on a full-count, 99.9 mph fastball, then ended it with a strikeout of Bryce Teodosio.<\/p>\n Key stat<\/p>\n