Let's play 2: Yankees beat Cubs 5-4 in 18 innings
Hicks scored on Starlin Castro's grounder in the 18th inning, and the rolling Yankees beat the Chicago Cubs 5-4 in the majors' longest interleague game ever by innings.
The teams combined for a major league-record 48 strikeouts in baseball's longest game of the season by innings, wrapping up in a tidy 6 hours, 5 minutes, and ending after 1 a.m.
Hicks struck out four times, but he came up with a huge play in the final inning.
Chasen Shreve (1-0) pitched three scoreless innings, striking out pinch-hitting pitcher Kyle Hendricks with runners on first and second for the final out in New York's fifth straight win.
Albert Almora Jr. and Javier Baez each singled in a run before Chapman hit slumping slugger Anthony Rizzo on his left forearm with the bases loaded on his 36th pitch, forcing home the tying run.
Before Hicks scampered home with the winning run, the biggest highlight of extra innings belonged to Cubs slugger Kyle Schwarber.
Jacoby Ellsbury hit a two-run homer for New York, and Aaron Judge had a run-scoring triple.
Cubs: OF Jason Heyward was out of the starting lineup for the second straight day with a sore knuckle on his right hand. ...
Jake Arrieta (4-1, 4.63 ERA) starts for the Cubs on Monday in the opener of a three-game series at Colorado.