In upping his record to 5-5, Foltynewicz allowed six hits and a run, walking two and fanning four.
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The Cubs’ seventh straight win improved them to a major league-best 69-41 and marked their 10th series sweep this season. Kemp swatted his first homer for Atlanta Saturday night, a two-run clout in the ninth. Garcia pitched eight shutout innings, allowing just three hits while striking out 11 Braves.
The Cardinals touched reliever Madison Younginer, making his big league debut, for two runs in the eighth on a two-out RBI double by Jhonny Peralta and Yadier Molina’s run-scoring single.
CANTON, Ohio (AP) – The Hall of Fame game between Green Bay and Indianapolis has been canceled because of poor field conditions, hall President David Baker said Sunday. “That’s what starting pitchers should do – that’s your job to get deep into games and give your team the best chance to win”. The 35-year-old Hernandez, who is 70-98 in 268 major-league appearances (217 starts), went 3-5 in 20 games (11 starts) with Houston last season.The 24-year-old Martinez has shown last season’s performance (14-7, 3.01 ERA) was not a fluke, entering the weekend ranked eighth in the National League in WAR (3.6) while lowering his hits per nine innings from 8.4 to 7.4.
Adonis Garcia made a stellar catch in the third inning on Brandon Moss’s foul popup, running full sprint and tumbling over the wall next to the Braves dugout.
“It was a grind most of the day”, Foltynewicz said. “It’s just one of the days that I went out there to play and not to compete”.
After needing 61 pitches to get through the first two innings, Wainwright finished strong with four scoreless frames. But the Cardinals stranded five runners the first two innings. He has 18 home runs this season and 25 career multihomer games.
Braves: Rob Whalen (1-0, 7.20) makes his second career start on Monday, working the opener of a four-game series at Milwaukee.
PHOENIX – Ryan Braun tied a team record by driving in seven runs, hitting two homers and powering the Milwaukee Brewers over the Arizona Diamondbacks 15-6 Saturday night. I would venture to say that we probably even hit the ball harder, but that’s not how baseball’s played. Atlanta claimed RHP Chaz Roe off waivers from the Orioles and designated OF-IF Brandon Snyder for assignment. Braves manager Brian Snitker told reporters before Friday’s game he expects RHP Julio Teheran, who is on the disabled list with a strained right lat muscle, to throw from flat ground on Saturday.2.
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Cardinals: Adam Wainwright has a 1.99 ERA his last six starts and is 8-2 with a 2.95 ERA against Atlanta, which drafted him in the first round in 2000 and traded him to St. Louis in a deal for J.D. Drew in December 2003.
