“I picked a good day to be s–ty”, Arrieta said after he gave up four runs in five innings. The Cardinals had narrowed the gap significantly in the 6th, but Adams’s home run off of Travis Wood gave the Cardinals their best chance to steal this game away.
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Martin opened the sixth by sending a 1-0 fastball from Ivan Nova (3-2) into the left-field seats.
Miguel Cabrera hit two of Detroit’s four solo homers, then scored a tiebreaking run on Victor Martinez’s seventh-inning single to lift the Tigers. Judging by his performance in May thus far, I’d suspect that a record breaking fourth consecutive honor is right around the corner, although Clayton Kershaw might have a decent shot at Arrieta’s throne. Lester is 4-0 with a 1.76 ERA in six starts against the Phillies. David Ross had an RBI double for his 500th career hit on a ball that somehow eluded center fielder Randal Grichuk’s glove at the warning track, and Kris Bryant had an RBI single in the outburst.
Jeurys Familia pitched the ninth for his 16th straight save this year and 32nd in a row dating back to last year.
Jake Arrieta remained unbeaten despite allowing as many as four runs for the first time in almost a year.
That allowed Hammel to breeze through seven easy innings, helping him post his sixth win and dropping his ERA from 2.31 to 2.17. “They cost me a run and nearly an inning’s worth of pitches”.
The game preview will post at 11:15 a.m. CT. Hammel retired the side in order in the first, third and fourth. The Pirates, who are 1-5 against the Cubs, are 5-1 against the Cardinals. On Monday in the opener, the Cardinals squeaked by with a 4-3 win. Heyward missed the last three games after being injured while making a sprawling catch at the wall in the first inning Friday night at San Francisco.
MARLINS 4, RAYS 3 Cole Gillespie had a late tiebreaking RBI single, Marcell Ozuna drove in two runs and visiting Miami beat Tampa Bay.
Kyle Barraclough (3-1) got two outs in the seventh to get the win.
St. Louis starter Adam Wainwright pitched in and out of trouble throughout his six innings, scattering seven hits and stranding eight runners, while throwing 68 of his 108 pitches for strikes.
Indians starter Corey Kluber (4-5) departed after 7-1/3 innings with a 4-1 lead and a runner on first. Quintana’s ERA, an AL-best 1.98 at the start of the day, rose to 2.22.
John Lackey can thank the St. Louis bats for his robust strikeout totals this season. Along with his eighth homer of the season, he had a two-run single. BUT, it is what it was, Cubs take two games in the three game series by one run and handed Arrieta his ninth win. Baseball’s oldest player struck out two and walked two.
The Cardinals fell to 2-4 this season against the Cubs and trail Chicago by eight games in the National League Central.
Mazara led off the second with a drive into the second deck of the right-seat seats that would have traveled 491 feet had it landed unimpeded, according to Major League Baseball’s Statcast program.
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The Cubs lead the season series, 3-2. He gave up six runs – four were unearned – in a loss to the Los Angeles Dodgers on May 13 before giving up six again and getting a no-decision in a 13-7 win over Colorado on Thursday.
