Jason Hammel pitched 71/3 stingy innings and had a two-run double Tuesday night in the Cubs six-run first as the they went on to rout the St. Louis Cardinals 12-3. Wacha allowed a career-high eight runs on eight hits in four-plus innings, issuing four walks and striking out four. Dexter Fowler went 3-for-6 with an RBI, while Kris Bryant and Addison Russell added two hits apiece for the Cubs, who outhit St. Louis, 15-7.
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St. Louis Cardinals’ Matt Holliday, right, is congratulated by third base coach Chris Maloney after hitting a three-run home run during the sixth inning of a baseball game Wednesday, May 25, 2016, in St. Louis.
The Cubs denied what could have been a defining game for the Cardinals by holding on for a 9-8 victory at Busch Stadium. “Adams got toasty at the wrong time and up and down their lineup Piscotty’s a good player, (Aledmys) Diaz does swing the bat that well, they don’t quit that’s why they win championships”.
Walk-off home run! That’s the first walk-off homer of Grichuk’s career, and it’s the Cubs’ first walk-off loss since April 8 against the Diamondbacks.
Cardinals: RHP Michael Wacha (2-4, 4.03 ERA) is trying to break a career-long four-game losing streak. Miguel Cabrera drove in two runs for Detroit.
The Mets took two of three games in the series and have won five of their last six games in Washington.
ANGELS 2, RANGERS 0: At Arlington, Texas, Albert Pujols hit a two-run home run, the 569th of his career, and Nick Tropeano threw 6.2 strong innings to help Los Angeles beat Texas. The 33-year-old served up a pair of home runs after allowing only one over his first seven starts.
With the bases loaded and two outs, Grichuk hit a smash down the third-base line. Adams, Jeremy Hazelbaker and Brandon Moss have combined for seven of the nine pinch-homers, and all see fairly consistent playing time.
Red Sox 10, Rockies 3: Jackie Bradley Jr. extended his major league-best hitting streak to 29 games, Xander Bogaerts homered to extend his hitting streak to 18 games, and Boston moved to a season-best 12 games over.500. Between Cardinals Jonathan Broxton, Kevin Seigrist and Trevor Rosenthal – all held the Cubs from any further damage.
He has also gone over a calendar year without a regular-season loss on the road, his last a 5-1 defeat at St. Louis on May 7, 2015. To accompany his 20 wins during the stretch, the veteran hurler has also amassed 162 strikeouts and a 1.05 ERA across 162.1 innings of work.
The victory pulls the team back to within six games of the Central Division leaders who have lost three in a row and eight of their last 13, after starting the season 24-6.
Oh entered the game having allowed three earned runs in 23 2/3 innings over 22 appearances. “We just can’t keep putting up six-run innings and expect to stay in the game”, Matheny said during one of the tensest postgame news conferences of his time as manager.
“The ninth inning, we had something going”.
Villar lined an 0-2 pitch into left field off Casey Kelly (0-2), who had been scheduled to start for the Braves on Saturday.
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Indians 5, White Sox 1: Chicago’s Erik Johnson gave up three home runs, and Cleveland gained a doubleheader split.
