“Some games you need to remember, and also there are some games you need to forget”, Oh said, through the team’s translator. “You don’t really want to get to Zobrist”.
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CARDINALS 5, REDS 4 Brandon Moss singled home a pair of runs during St. Louis’ fourrun first inning and St. Louis held on for a victory over host Cincinnati to even their series. Stephen Piscotty added a solo homer, the Cardinals’ fifth in two games. He was not in the starting lineup in any of the three games at Wrigley Field. Moss is 5 for 9 with three doubles and a homer. In five starts since then, he has a 1.86 ERA. He allowed three runs on seven hits and struck out eight while taking a loss in three of his last four games.
The Cubs haven’t enjoyed as many dramatic walk-off wins as they did last season, largely because they tend to just devour their opponents, instead of toying with them. To them, Wednesday’s comeback was a testament to the team’s collective resolve.
Closer A.J. Ramos surrendered three runs in the bottom of the ninth inning Wednesday afternoon, handing the Cubs a 5-4 walk-off win and three-game series sweep.
Ramos gave up a leadoff double to Miguel Montero, a single to Javier Baez and walked Szczur on five pitches to load the bases.
In the meantime, Miami will wrap up the Wrigley Field series with a Wednesday day game as right-hander Tom Koehler (8-8, 4.18 ERA) goes against Cubs righty John Lackey (8-7, 3.69 ERA). “A group that keeps fighting”. In all of the “road” games, the stands were heavily populated by blue-clad Cubbie fans, whose fever pitch helped the club get over the top Wednesday.
In terms of overall success, this wasn’t a big factor on Tuesday, but the key thing for Hammel is the difference in performance against left-handed hitters.
The Cubs’ patience reaped dividends in ninth when they refused to chase pitches against Ramos, who blew only his second save in 33 chances. Baez singled him to third and Szczur walked to load the bases. Dexter Fowler made it 3-2 with a sacrifice fly to right, and all the runners advanced.
Kris Bryant struck out looking on a full-count pitch for the second out.
Mathis’ second homer of the year also scored Derek Dietrich.Koehler departed after six innings and one run on five hits. He got Martin Prado to fly to left, and then my friend Dave, right as usual, said, “I don’t like this matchup”, with Yelich to be the next hitter.
Contreras stole second to place a potential go-ahead run in scoring position but Jason Heyward lined to first to end the threat.The Marlins reclaimed the lead in the seventh with Mathis’ one-out, two-run homer off Lackey for a 3-1 lead. “That was something I’ve never seen before. It is certainly good to have him back”. Playing for the first time since fracturing his elbow June 16, Martinez hit for James McCann leading off the inning.
“That was probably the coolest moment of my career”, he said.
Tigers 2, White Sox 1 • J.D. Martinez broke an eighth-inning tie with a pinch homer on the first pitch he had faced since June and host Detroit recorded its eighth straight victory. Ichiro’s 37 hits off Lackey are his most vs. any pitcher.
“These are no fun”, he said, “but I think they’re part of what we’re becoming and are going to be something to handle and learn from and move on from”. “Don’t try to challenge me to a duel”. It was Yelich’s 11th homer of the year.
They were the only three hits allowed by Red Sox starter Rick Porcello (14-3) who suffered his first loss in nearly three months.
“Are you kidding me!” “I was making good pitches”. “If it was on goal, it’s uncalled for”.
In the clubhouse after the game, Zobrist was celebrated for his ninth-inning walk as much as any other player would have been for a game-winning home run.
Minnesota at Cleveland, 11:10 a.m.
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San Diego’s Edwin Jackson pitched seven scoreless innings and had an RBI double as the Padres cruised past Milwaukee 12-3.
