The Brewers are 2-8 in Nelson’s last 10 starts, 1-4 in their last five overall, and 0-5 in Nelson’s last five Thursday starts while the Cubs are 21-7 in their last 28 Thursday games, 36-15 in their last 51 overall, and 67-28 in their last 95 games against a team with a losing record.
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The 32-year-old right-hander has twirled a 2.40 ERA (career-high), 1.02 WHIP (career-high) and 24.9 strikeout percentage across 184 innings pitched this season.
Cardinals reliever Alex Reyes’ lack of control led to most of the Cubs’ chances. You either get it done or we’re going home early.
In upping its record to 76-68 and staying within a half-game of the New York Mets, a 4-3 victor in Washington, for the National League’s second wild-card spot, St. Louis tightroped through the Chicago lineup as Reyes made a series of clutch pitches.
Rizzo and Cubs great Billy Williams are the only two players in Cubs history to have multiple seasons of 30 home runs and 100 RBI’s. Clinching the division will assure the Cubs of hosting Game 1 of the NLDS on October 7 at Wrigley Field. “They kept us off balance it seemed like, and made the plays”.
Houston Astros second baseman Jose Altuve throws to first for the out after fielding a grounder by Texas Rangers’ Robinson Chirinos during the third inning of a baseball game Tuesday, Sept. 13, 2016, in Houston.
“Let’s do it”, Maddon said.
NEW YORK – Dodgers ace Clayton Kershaw pitched five almost flawless innings and Justin Turner hit an RBI double off Dellin Betances in a two-run ninth in Los Angeles’ win.
Los Angeles still leads the NL West by four games after the second-place Giants surrendered five runs in the ninth inning of a 6-4 loss to San Diego.
TIGERS 9, TWINS 6: Miguel Cabrera’s homer broke a seventh-inning tie, and Detroit rallied for a crucial victory. “I’ve been through tough times before”. Kevin Siegrist got his second save.
It was the 443rd homer of Beltre’s career, and this is his fifth season with 30 or more homers. That means just one Cardinals loss or a Cubs win gives the Cubs their first division crown since 2008.
“It’s going to happen”, Fowler said. OF Matt Holliday (fractured right thumb) is expected to take live batting practice later this week. He has missed 46 games with shoulder inflammation.
Guerra (9-3), in his third start since coming off the disabled list with right elbow inflammation, allowed just one baserunner past second base – Jose Peraza on a one-out triple in the third inning.
And, after three games in Denver, the trip ends at Wrigley Field with the final Cubs-Cardinals series of the regular season. The left-hander hasn’t given up more than a single run in each of his last six starts.
Cobb (1-0) allowed one run and two hits to win for the first time since September 23, 2014, against Boston.
Addison Russell’s double down the left field line plated Ben Zobrist in the second for a two-run lead that looked like it would increase, until Matheny deemed it an emergency and Reyes showed up to douse a potential inferno.
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BOSTON – J.J. Hardy, Nolan Reimold and Jonathan Schop homered and the Baltimore Orioles beat Boston 6-3 Tuesday night to pull within two games of the AL East-leading Red Sox. And Brandon Moss launched the go-ahead, two-run homer over the right-field wall with two outs in the sixth inning.
