Arrieta labored through five innings, Michael Wacha pitched into the seventh for his first win in almost two months and the St. Louis Cardinals roughed up Chicago’s bullpen in a 7-2 victory Wednesday.
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Carpenter and Holliday connected against Jason Hammel (7-3) in a three-run third inning that made it 4-1. He allowed two runs (one earned) and walked four while striking out six.
Jhonny Peralta doubled twice and Brandon Moss walked twice to force Arrieta to throw deeper into the lineup even though neither of those two Cardinals scored either of the times they were on base.
“It’s just not allowing me to fall into the trap, the trap of either being content or being overwhelmed”, Matheny said.
The Cardinals won the first two games here by a single run, with Chicago generating all kinds of action in each ninth inning without scoring. He stopped playing baseball, took drugs to boost his stem cell production, and gave little Anastasia his much-needed healthy bone marrow.
The Cubs also placed left-handed pitcher Clayton Richard on the 15-day disabled list with a blister on his left middle finger, while right-hander Adam Warren was optioned to Triple-A Iowa.
“As soon as I saw Yadi reach over and I saw it go through, I made an aggressive move and cost us the game today”, Almora said.
“Early on I definitely wasn’t locating quite as well as I could”, Lackey said. But the longtime rivals played the rest of the game without incident. Chicago entered the series with a 12 1/2-game lead on St. Louis, marking its largest division/league advantage since holding a 12 1/2-game lead on September 19, 1929….
The Cubs are acting now to try to keep starters such as Jason Hammel (who suffered Tuesday’s loss) stronger later into the season.
The #2 prospect in the Chicago Cubs system, Willson Contreras made his first major league at bat memorable on Sunday night when he hit an A.J.
A single and two walks loaded the bases in the fifth with one out when Stephen Picotty hit a grounder to third.
MIAMI – Mark Reynolds hit two home runs to help power the Colorado Rockies to a 5-3 victory over the Miami Marlins in a record-setting home run contest Monday night.
Cardinals: C Brayan Pena, who is coming back from left knee surgery, remains on a rehab stint in the minors, and manager Mike Matheny offered no update on a possible return date when asked about the switch hitter before the game….
If the Cubs can learn anything from the Cardinals this season, it might have something to do with why the Cardinals say they’re not anxious about the Cubs. General manager Jed Hoyer said La Stella is closer to a rehab assignment than Soler.
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The Cubs send Arrieta (11-1, 1.74 ERA) to the mound while the Cardinals go with RHP Michael Wacha (2-7, 4.56) in the finale of the three-game series. Wainwright is 9-1 with a 3.33 ERA in 20 career games at Wrigley. The reigning Cy Young victor had to swallow the losing decision after the Cardinals drove up his pitch count and forced him out of the game after five innings.
