Miller Park ground rules only allow the roof to be opened once if it is closed to begin a game. Nathan’s immediate role has not been defined, but he is not expected to supplant Cubs closer Hector Rondon.
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“That was beyond hot out there today”, Chicago manager Joe Maddon said.
“In hindsight I should have just backhanded it, but you try to body everything up and square it up”, Elmore said.
Orioles 5, Indians 3 – At Baltimore: Pinch-hitter Nolan Reimold hit a game-winning, two-out homer in the ninth inning after Pedro Alvarez reached on a strikeout, and Baltimore completed a three-game sweep.
Davies, who pitched seven scoreless innings in his last start, retired 10 consecutive batters before yielding a single to Ben Zobrist leading off the seventh.
“I’m usually a lot cleaner than that”, Lester said. The Brewers are 16-37 in their last 53 vs. National League Central and 10-4 in Guerras last 14 starts. Milwaukee left the bases loaded in two innings and stranded 12 runners on the day. But I’m not taking Will out right there. The offense managed just one unearned run through six innings and at that point, the hitters had managed just three runs altogether in its past 22 innings against the Brewers.
The Cubs were held to five hits through 6 1/3 innings against Brewers starter Junior Guerra before Miguel Montero started the rally with a pinch-hit single off Smith. He had an RBI double before Smith (1-3) walked Kris Bryant to load the bases for Rizzo.
“I treated [rehab] kind of as my spring training, so this is going to be like Opening Day for me”, Nathan said. Nieuwenhuis added a three-run homer to left in the eighth. Then we had a couple defensive mistakes that hurt us. “It looks good on paper, but you got to get them out there and play it. From my perspective, for them to be good, I think you can’t push their button too often”.
Earlier this summer, we saw him on the mound in Kodak pitching for the Smokies. The 41-year-old former Giant, Twin, Ranger, and Tiger was making his first major league appearance after rehabbing from Tommy John surgery for the last 15 months. He was signed by the Cubs in May.
According to a report from Mark Gonzales of the Chicago Tribune on Saturday, the Chicago Cubs will recall veteran relief pitcher Joe Nathan from Triple-A Iowa. TLS did wind up going 3-for-3 on the day.
Fowler went 3 for 4 with a walk and scored twice after being sidelined with a strained right hamstring.
No doubt, Maddon will use Nathan sparingly, likely not using him for more than an inning at a time (he threw 29 pitches in this one) or on back-to-back days.
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