Matt Carpenter hit a tiebreaking two-run homer in the ninth inning, lifting the St. Louis Cardinals to a 6-4 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates on Saturday.
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This time, the San Antonio Spurs made the hustle play they needed to beat the Thunder. The Cubs won the last game 8-5, continuing a six-game winning streak.
Coming off a three-hit shutout against the Padres and facing the Blue Jays for the first time, Kershaw (4-1) allowed two runs and eight hits in seven innings. The Nationals allow 0.0 runs per game, but have improved upon those numbers in the past 10 games, allowing 0.0 runs per game during that span. When it comes to preventing batters from getting on base, the Nationals are one of the best in the league with a WHIP of 1.120 for the season. Chicago Cubs’ Addison Russell, right, celebrates with first base coach Brandon Hyde after hitting an one-run single during the sixth inning of a baseball game against the Washington Nationals, Saturday, May 7, 2016, in Chicago. Ryan Zimmerman drove in two runs while Ben Revere and Stephen Drew had two hits apiece Saturday.
Bryant hit his fifth homer of the season, connecting in the fourth off Gio Gonzalez.
While Cubs manager Joe Maddon insisted the walks were more a product of the circumstances than a concerted effort to avoid him, Chicago looked like a team that had little interest in giving Harper much to hit. “I love when everybody takes a piece of the ownership”.
Harper had a sacrifice fly in the third off Jason Hammel.
Washington (19-11) has dropped four of five despite averaging 6.4 runs. The 30-year-old followed up a no-hitter on April 21 by allowing a rare run in five innings at Milwaukee on April 28 but was back to his stingy stuff with two hits allowed in seventh scoreless innings at Pittsburgh on Tuesday. “I put them in a very tough situation”. “You can feel the pressure mounting on Zim, but this guy’s been a clutch man in this organization for a long time and he’s one of the premier clutch men in the game, so I’m sure it’s killing him”.
Baker, who managed the Cubs for four seasons, knows a lot about the lack of fair territory near the Wrigley Field foul poles.
“Nothing outside of running into that wall and hurting himself”, Baker said when asked what more the outfielder could’ve done. Murphy, the NL’s top hitter (.406), was out of the starting lineup while Rendon batted sixth instead of his usual No. 2 spot.
Cubs: C Miguel Montero (lower back tightness) increased his hitting Sunday, with Maddon saying it went well. Montero is eligible to come off the 15-day DL on Tuesday….
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IL native Tanner Roark is next in line to try to shut down the Cubs. Not only hasn’t Chicago lost with Arrieta (6-0, 0.84 ERA) on the mound in the regular season since, that’s also the last time the right-hander didn’t post a quality start.
