Kolten Wong hit a sacrifice fly that capped a two-run comeback in the ninth inning as St Louis rallied for a 3-2 win over the San Francisco Giants – a result which enhances the Cardinals’ play-off prospects. “We have some ideas”. Soler grounded into a double play in the first in his only at-bat.
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Broxton, who was playing so well in his fourth stint with the Brewers this season, hit the wall hard after making a running catch on Tommy La Stella’s drive and went to the ground in obvious pain.
Most of Chicago’s regulars were out of the lineup for the Friday afternoon start, and Maddon said he planned to wait until Saturday for more in-depth discussions with his coaching staff about their plans for the rest of the regular season.
Chase Anderson pitched six solid innings for Milwaukee (66-82), allowing two runs and five hits. The Brew Crew’s relief staff picked up where Davies left off, while the bats lit up with home runs from Ryan Braun and Domingo Santana, and a grand slam in the 9th from Chris Carter.
The Brewers took a 4-3 lead on Braun’s 29th home run of the season, a two-run shot in the sixth.
RANGERS 7, ATHLETICS 6 Jonathan Lucroy’s two-run single with two outs in the ninth inning gave host Texas a victory over Oakland. “Just poor execution. I don’t think we were at our best today”.
METS 3, TWINS 0 Bartolo Colon limited Minnesota to three singles in seven innings, Jose Reyes and Asdrubal Cabrera hit consecutive home runs off rookie Jose Berrios in the third, and host NY beat the Twins. “It stinks to lose the game and to get the loss and to let the lead slip away the way I let it, but at the end of the day, come out here tomorrow, learn from it and get back to work”. “We really do”, president of baseball operations Theo Epstein said before the loss to Milwaukee. Jacob Barnes, Brent Suter and Jhan Marińez all saw action, with the last of the trio getting pinch-hitter David Ross to bounce into an inning-ending double play.
Cubs: RHP Pedro Strop, who tweaked his right groin while working his way back from arthroscopic left knee surgery, threw a bullpen and said it went well.
Andrew McCutchen shone with three runs in Pittsburgh’s 10-4 win over the Cincinnati Reds – and the Pirates came out on top in the second game of the double-header, winning 7-3.
The Cubs showed a highlight video before Friday’s game against Milwaukee, and then the players and coaches took the field to wave their caps to the cheering crowd.
“It’s got to catapult him in the minds of people voting (for the Cy Young) right now”, Cubs manager Joe Maddon told reporters after the game.
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Arrieta has a couple starts left and would like to reach 20 wins, calling it the “benchmark” of starting pitchers.
