“I thought, game in progress, leading into his next start, he’s got to feel good about it”, Joe Maddon said.
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Former Cub play-by-play man, Skip Caray, was shown standing with a big smile on his face while his grandfather, Harry, did his thing on the video board in left field. Shelby Miller is now 5-10 on the season despite having a 2.50 ERA. He has gotten the Cubs wins in his last four starts while posting a 5.66 ERA in the process. The Cubs would add a run in the 7th on an RBI single from Anthony Rizzo after the runner made it to third due to Andrelton Simmons’ first error since the middle of June. “We know that if we’re down in the score we’re going to come back at some point, and that’s part of the confidence, part of the winning attitude”, Chicago catcher Miguel Montero told reporters.
Atlanta lost for the 19th time in 27 games and remained tied for the major league lead with 44 road losses. That was only the ninth home run that Miller had given up this season.
Mike Foltynewicz (4-5) gave up seven runs and eight hits over 4 2/3 innings. However, a 3-6-1 double play later and Shelby was out of a inning with the Braves still out in front 3-2.
Markakis outraced a throw from Rizzo to Montero to score.
Miller shut the Cubs down through the game’s first four innings, surrendering just a solo homer to Chris Coghlan in the first and walking Addison Russell in the third. He’s easily surpassed Frank Castillo (RIP) as my favorite Cub to wear #49. The inning started with a leadoff single by Pedro Ciriaco.
But with one out in the sixth, first baseman Anthony Rizzo began the comeback when he worked a six-pitch walk. It’s starting to come together for this kid, and he’s fun to watch.
Russell extended the lead to 5-0 in the fourth, launching a 1-0 pitch to the left field bleachers for his eighth homer of the year.
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The Chicago Cubs have clinched their first win in the season series against the Atlanta Braves since 2012, but they hope they aren’t done taking advantage of the Braves’ road woes yet. Overall he was 2-for-4 with 2 RBI and 2 runs scored. The Maybin single, it got a little more plate, but it was down with movement. Therefore, even though the Cubs hold the fourth-best record in baseball, it is only good for third place in the division, as the Cubs sit behind the St. Louis Cardinals and the Pittsburgh Pirates, and just the second NL wild card spot. Miller’s last victory came on May 17, a 6-0 complete game triumph at Miami.NOTES: Cuban prospect 3B Hector Olivera reportedly will make his major league debut with Atlanta as early as next week. Montero then pounced on the first pitch he saw with a double off the center-field wall to knock in the go-ahead run.
