Pitchers’ ivy snag, squeeze cap wild Cub W

CHICAGO — Jason Heyward scored on pinch-hitting pitcher Jon Lester’s sacrifice bunt in the 12th inning to lift the Cubs to a 7-6, come-from-behind Interleague victory on Sunday night over the Mariners, who blew a six-run lead.

With the game tied at 6, Heyward hit a double into the right-center gap off Cody Martin, and then advanced on rookie Willson Contreras’ fly ball out to center. Lester, pinch-hitting for pitcher Hector Rondon, then dribbled a bunt in front of home plate for the game-winner.

The Cubs’ in-game highlight had been pitcher Travis Wood moving from the mound to left — where he made an ivy-crashing catch in the seventh — and back to the mound. Then came the ninth when Chicago tied the score at 6 with three runs off Steve Cishek on an RBI single by Ben Zobrist, a run-scoring fielder’s choice by Contreras, and a wild pitch.

It was an inauspicious debut for the Cubs’ Brian Matusz, who served up two-run homers to Nelson Cruz, Robinson Cano and Dae-Ho Lee as Seattle opened a 6-0 lead after three innings. The Mariners faced him May 17,and probably knew Matusz better than his Cubs teammates.

There were some members of Felix Hernandez’s “King’s Court” tucked into the left field corner of Wrigley Field among the crowd of 40,952, and the Mariners ace gave them a few thrills. He struck out eight but also walked five over five innings.

MOMENTS THAT MATTEREDGood to see you again: Matusz’s last Major League game was against the Mariners in relief on May 17 for the Orioles and he surrendered a three-run homer to Kyle Seager and two-run shot to Cruz in 1 ⅔ innings. Cruz greeted him back to the big leagues with another two-run blast in the first — projected at 413 feet by …

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