John Lackey struck out 11 in seven innings of four-hit ball against his former team and had an RBI single, leading the Chicago Cubs over the St. Louis Cardinals 5-0 Monday night.
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“I wasn’t getting the calls and they were very patient”, Garcia said.
“I’ve seen booed”, he said. “Pretty standard when you’ve got a tight game like that”.
“They don’t boo too often, so it must be somebody important, or somebody doing something worth booing”, Heyward said after the game. Chicago won their second game of the series with a 2-1 win over the Cardinals. Jorge Soler had a sacrifice fly and Addison Russell singled home a run before Lackey drove in Montero with a grounder into right field. “He had his sharpness tonight”.
Manager Mike Matheny was asked what it’s going to take to have better results against the Pirates and Cubs. 400 in 35 at-bats.
The power surge has helped the defending National League champions win four of five following a four-game skid that produced a 2-5 start.
ESPN Director of Communications Ben Cafardo said on Twitter that ESPN has been reviewing the matter and hasn’t found any evidence of the alleged slurs directed at Heyward.
Hammel (2-0) allowed a run on five hits in six innings with six strikeouts and no walks. Kolten Wong successfully scrambled back to third, but St. Louis came up empty when Leake and Matt Carpenter struck out in a 5-0 loss to the Chicago Cubs on Monday night. “We win that game tomorrow, and people can claim one team or another is better, but we know we’ve just got to play good baseball to have success”. The recap will also live on the front page as a separate post, and at the time I write the recap I will rename the stream “Cubs vs. (Team) (Day of Week) Game Threads” so you can go back and find every thread related to that particular game. Lackey (3-0) pitched the bottom of the inning and collected his 11th strikeout, one shy of his career high and one more than he ever had in a start for the Cardinals.
Ruben Tejada’s start at short makes him the fourth different shortstop for the Cardinals this season. Martinez (2-0, 3.46) gave up three runs in seven innings while enjoying 12 runs of support, and he has gotten a combined 20 in his first two starts for an MLB-best 13.85 per nine innings. That’s the most in the majors since 1988, when the Astros went 22 games and the Indians 17, according to STATS.
“It’s like winning 1-0 right there, and I feel games like that are ones you’re going to have to win against great teams like the one we’re playing and teams in the playoff series”, Heyward said. Moss entered 4 for 8 with two RBIs against Lackey.
The normally pinpoint Koji Uehara loaded the bases on an infield single, a hit-by-pitch and a pair of walks, and Craig Kimbrel forced home the go-ahead run with another walk to hand the division rival Toronto Blue Jays a 4-3 win over the Red Sox on Monday.
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St. Louis, MO, USA; St. Louis Cardinals starting pitcher Jaime Garcia (54) throws during the seventh inning against the Milwaukee Brewers at Busch Stadium.
