“When Jorge is in there it makes a deep, long lineup”, said Cubs catcher David Ross, who hit a solo home run as the Cubs won their third straight and 17th in 20 games.
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Kris Bryant went 5-for-5 with two home runs while right-hander Jake Arrieta picked up his 15th win as the Chicago Cubs completed a four-game sweep of the Milwaukee Brewers with Thursday’s 9-6 victory. According to ESPN Stats & Information, Bryant accomplished several milestones in singling in the first inning, homering in the third, doubling in the fourth, homering again in the sixth, then hitting another single in the eighth inning.
Perez’s homer to left-center on the first pitch of the sixth made it 7-4.
Nelson is 1-10 over his last 14 starts.
Cubs first baseman Anthony Rizzo jumped onto a wall and plucked a foul ball from above a group of fans at Wrigley Field during a game against the Milwaukee Brewers on Tuesday night.
Milwaukee loaded the bases on two singles and a walk in the second inning, but Lester got Nelson to ground into an inning-ending force out.
For the last 2 2/3 innings of his start Thursday against the Brewers, reigning National League Cy Young Award victor Jake Arrieta was anything but.
Eight Cardinals batted in the three-run third, highlighted by Stephen Piscotty’s two-run single and Yadier Molina’s RBI double.
In Baltimore, J.J. Hardy and Chris Davis each hit two of the Orioles’ six home runs and Kim Hyun-soo had a career-high four hits.
Sandy Leon homered for Boston (see full recap).
Baltimore hit six home runs to move level alongside the Boston Red Sox, who lost 4-3 to the Detroit Tigers.
Needing to remove one player from its roster after carrying 26 men for Tuesday’s doubleheader, Chicago has placed righty reliever Joe Smith on the disabled list with a strained left hamstring.
The homer was just the second of the season away from Miller Park for Nieuwenhuis, who came into the day a.126 hitter on the road.
Royals 8, Twins 1: Alex Gordon hit a grand slam, and Dillon Gee pitched seven strong innings to lead Kansas City. Starting pitchers have a 1.61 ERA in the five-game winning streak, allowing 23 hits and six earned runs in 33 2-3 innings, while striking out 27 and walking seven.
Keon Broxton led off the inning with a solid single to left, and then took advantage of the Lester/Ross battery to steal second and third.
PHILLIES 5, DODGERS 4 Maikel Franco hit a go-ahead two-run home run in the seventh inning and host Philadelphia beat Los Angeles.
Milwaukee was outscored 23-8 in the series and fell to 0-6 at Wrigley Field, while Bryant helped the Cubs move 34 games over.500 for the first time since September 2008.
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REDS 3, MARLINS 2: At Cincinnati, Brandon Phillips drove in two runs with his second double of the game and Cincinnati rallied for a victory over Miami.
