Pitcher Adrian Sampson makes game-turning defensive play in Cubs’

BALTIMORE – Cubs pitcher Adrian Sampson checked over his right shoulder as he crashed the bunt up the first-base line and spotted the Orioles’ Austin Hays closing in on home plate.

Sampson wouldn’t have enough time to transfer the ball from his glove to his hand. So, he scooped up the ball and flipped it to catcher Willson Contreras all in one motion to get the out at the plate.

In the Cubs’ 3-2 win over the Orioles on Thursday, Sampson threw 5 \u2154 shutout innings and recorded six strikeouts. But the highlight of his outing was a play with his glove, not his arm.

The play at the plate in the fifth inning swung the momentum from the Orioles to the Cubs. Baltimore had started to string some…