Jon Lester recovered from a rut of bad starts, pitching six shutout innings for the Cubs’ third straight win.
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Jeremy Hellickson pitched into the sixth inning in Atlanta and drove in the go-ahead run with a two-run double to lead Philadelphia.
The Seattle Mariners have not been to Wrigley Field in almost a decade, but manager Scott Servais knows enough about the idiosyncrasies of the park and daytime baseball to give his team enough direction. Arrieta is 0-1 with a 4.63 ERA in three games (two starts) against the Mariners, but he hasn’t faced them since 2012. “I try to always tell them, 12 runs and an air-tight defence makes a pitcher’s job a lot easier, so that was good today”.
Seattle added a run in the ninth when shortstop Addison Russell threw high to first on Chris Iannetta’s two-out grounder, allowing Franklin Gutierrez to score from third. Seattle will have to buck a recent trend in order to boost its offensive production, as the Mariners have managed a total of six runs in the past five games left-hander Wade Miley has started.
Heyward hit his first homer since June 11 and drove in three runs.
D’backs 4, Dodgers 2 • Braden Shipley pitched six scoreless innings to earn his first major league victory as Arizona won at Los Angeles. He gave up five runs and eight hits after allowing only three runs combined in his three previous starts.
Seattle are 5-13 in their last 18 road games and are 10-4 in their last 14 interleague games.
Kris Bryant reached base all five times he came up for the Cubs.
“It just seemed like everybody contributed one way or another – homers, doubles, walks”, Coghlan said.
Chicago’s Jake Arrieta didn’t allow a hit until Leonys Martin singled leading off the fourth.
Servais, who played for the Cubs during four seasons, checked out the Wrigley renovations.
“We got beat”, said second baseman Robinson Cano, who had two of the Mariners’ eight hits. “Against a good club, you’ve got to come out to play from the first inning on”. “They got men in scoring position and took advantage of pitches over the plate”. But we’re excited to be here.
Edwin Diaz struck out pinch-hitter Anthony Rizzo and Dexter Fowler with two on to end the eighth. The Mariners recalled him from Triple-A Tacoma before the game and optioned LHP David Rollins.
Mariners: RF Nelson Cruz returned to the lineup after fouling a ball off his shin Tuesday.
Wade Miley out-dueled reigning Cy Young victor Jake Arietta in the Mariners’ win Saturday.
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Miley has lost six straight starts, but he has recorded quality starts in his last two outings and three of his last four. He shut down the Pittsburgh Pirates on Friday by allowing just one run over 8 2/3 innings in a 3-1 Brewers victory.
