ATLANTA (AP) — Willson Contreras hit a three-run homer, John Lackey earned his first win in a month and the Chicago Cubs won their fifth straight game with a 5-1 victory over the Atlanta Braves on Tuesday night.
Rain delayed the start of the game for 2 hours, 30 minutes.
The defending World Series champion Cubs moved three games over .500 for the first time since winning at Miami on June 6. Chicago is 2{ games behind NL Central-leading Milwaukee.
The Cubs went up 4-1 in the third on Javier Baez’s 11th homer and Contreras’ 13th homer, a three-run shot . Chicago led 5-1 in the sixth on Ben Zobrist’s groundout.
Lackey (6-9) came off the disabled list to allow one run, five hits and two walks in five innings. He struck out one.
Sean Newcomb (1-5) lost his third straight start.
