St. Louis Cardinals’ Randal Grichuk watches his grand slam go into the bleachers during the eighth inning of a baseball game against the Chicago Cubs, Saturday, Aug. 13, 2016, in Chicago. Line-drive doubles by Bryant and Addison Russell drove in runs in the first to make it 2-0.
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“He homers, runs the ball in the outfield, got things going”, Maddon said. “At this point in the year, how well we’re playing and where we’re at, you’re going to lose some games”.
Matt Szczur hit two home runs and the Cubs won their 11th straight game, their longest streak since a 12-game run in 2001.
Cardinals starter Luke Weaver got through four innings in his major league debut, giving up two runs. He was lifted for a pinch-hitter after four innings and 85 pitches.
Edwards had allowed just one run over his previous 11 appearances, and his ERA ballooned from 1.42 to 3.66 on Saturday. Making his 24th start in a Cubs’ uniform as well, he has struck out 156 opposing batters while walking 43 others.
“Just two bad changeups, really, two changeups up [in the strike zone]”, Hendricks said. “That was about it”.
The Cardinals split a four-game series with Chicago, which dropped its second straight following an 11-game winning streak.
It was 2-all in the eighth when the Cardinals loaded the bases with one out. Edwin Encarnacion’s 32nd home run tied him with Baltimore’s Mark Trumbo for the major league lead.
DODGERS 8, PIRATES 4 Joc Pederson homered and Los Angeles combined 17 hits and a pair of successful challenges for a victory over visiting Pittsburgh. The sidewinding right-hander has allowed three home runs, two to righties.
Robbie Ross Jr. (2-2) worked an inning of relief for the win after starter Clay Buchholz gave up three runs over 4 1/3 innings in a spot start.
Corey Dickerson and Nick Franklin each hit a three-run homers while Logan Forsythe added a solo blast for the Rays, who reached double digits in runs for the eighth time this season.
MILWAUKEE – Eugenio Suarez hit a three-run home run during an eight-run sixth inning in Cincinnati’s victory over Milwaukee. Chicago’s pitching staff has been doing better against opposing offenses during the last 10 games, only allowing an average of 2.4 runs per game, well under their season average of 3.4. Dan Coats hit his first career homer for Chicago.
Mejia is a 20-year-old switch-hitter. Lackey is 6-4 with a 2.67 ERA at Wrigley Field, where the Cubs own the majors’ best home mark at 41-18. Judge drove a 1-2 changeup 446 feet off the railing in center field.
Wainwright gave up a three-run homer to Willson Contreras in the second, then Matt Szczur belted two homers, Jorge Soler, and Javier Baez added homers off reliever Jerome Williams who became the sacrificial lamb in the sixth and seventh innings to save the bullpen.
Josh Donaldson also homered for the Blue Jays.
Carlos Correa and Jose Altuve had two RBI each as Houston extended its winning streak to four.
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BRAVES 8, NATIONALS 5 (at Washington) – Atlanta used home runs from Jace Peterson, Freddie Freeman and Anthony Recker to snap a 14-game losing streak in Washington.
