With two outs and a base open in the 13th inning, and the Chicago Cubs out of position players, Milwaukee Brewers manager made what seemed to be a fairly easy decision.
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MILWAUKEE (AP) – Chase Anderson’s task Tuesday night was to be better than the best, and he was up to the challenge. “Their record shows that and they did all the little things that added up to a nice win for them”.
ROCKIES 3, CARDINALS 1: In St. Louis, Chad Bettis took a shutout into the seventh inning and drove in a run to lead Colorado past St. Louis.
I trust you’d like to see the two-game streak snapped tonight.
Anderson (1-5), who has lost five straight starts, was ideal through five innings before he walked Miguel Montero with one out in the sixth. Before the sizable crowd of Cubs fans settled into their Miller Park seats, Dexter Fowler sent a rocket into the right-field bleachers off of Junior Guerra (+0.098).
Finally, Bryant gave Baez his glove back, tossed his third baseman’s glove back into the dugout, and got his outfield glove back, and watched as Martin Maldonado popped out to first base to end the inning and get the Cubs out of a massive jam. He said doing it against the rival Cubs is extra special.
Jeremy Jeffress got the final out for his 11th save. It’s safe to say those guys panned out and the Brewers were able to tinker with their roster and make two playoff runs. Scooter Gennett lead off the sixth inning with a single and was on base when Nieuwenhuis launched just his second HR of the season. “I guess that was kind of close to it”, teammate Kris Bryant said. The 33-year-old was solid last time out against Pittsburgh, racking up a season-high eight strikeouts while allowing two runs (one earned) and eight hits over 6 2/3 innings.
Ben Zobrist ended Anderson’s no-hit bid with a double to the center field wall on the first pitch of the eighth.
The Braves entered Tuesday just 9-28 and on pace for the franchise’s worst season in almost 30 years, done in by injuries, roster moves that haven’t worked out, a shaky bullpen and a struggling offense.
Ryan Braun is hitting.348 with two homers in 23 at-bats against Hammel. Catcher Jonathan Lucroy also was not in the starting lineup, but did pinch hit in the 8th.
The Cubs tacked on another run in the second on an RBI single by Miguel Montero.
Seattle clobbered Baltimore 10-0 behind ex-Oriole Nelson Cruz, who smacked a two-run homer and was 3-for-5 with five RBIs. They slipped to 15-4 against the NL Central.
Manager Craig Counsell said that Braun is getting multiple treatments per day. RHP Matt Garza will go Thursday, his first time throwing off a mound since suffering a shoulder injury during the final exhibition game of spring while RHP Corey Knebel (oblique) will go Friday.
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The Chicago Cubs reliever escaped a bases-loaded, nobody out jam in the bottom of the 12th inning – by inducing three popups – then drew a bases-loaded walk himself to bring in the winning run as the Cubs won a insane game against the Milwaukee Brewers 2-1 in 13 innings.
