Its NL Central lead over second-place St. Louis was trimmed to 11 1/2 games, still the biggest advantage in baseball. They are squaring off against the St. Louis Cardinals – a team that has had their number.
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Sitting at 47-20 following a three-game sweep of Pittsburgh, the Cubs now have a chance to further extend their commanding lead as they prepare for a three-game series against the Cardinals at Wrigley Field.
It was frustrating, to say the least, but you can’t expect the Chicago Cubs to go out and win every game on the schedule.
Yankees general manager Brian Cashman told the NY media on Tuesday that the buy-or-sell decision will be pushed toward the end of July, when owner Hal Steinbrenner will listen to his recommendation and ultimately have the final say.
Lackey settled down after a slow start, but Garcia and two relievers held the major league-leading Cubs in check.
PIRATES 1, GIANTS 0: At Pittsburgh, Jeff Locke followed consecutive disgusting starts with 6 2/3 scoreless innings, Erik Kratz hit his first home run since 2014 and Pittsburgh beat San Francisco, ending the Giants’ eight-game winning streak.
“I do (also) like the idea of Zo (Zobrist) hitting behind Rizzo”, he said. St. Louis is finally making its first trip to Wrigley Field after playing six previous games against Chicago at Busch Stadium.
Both benches were warned by Hoberg after Moss and Chicago star Kris Bryant were each hit by a pitch in the fifth. But the longtime rivals played the rest of the game without incident. But luckily my curve ball was there and we made it work.
Chicago will have played 24 consecutive days before the break.
Lackey had allowed a total of three runs in his previous four starts combined.
TIGERS 4, MARINERS 2: Mike Aviles drove in the tiebreaking run with an infield single in the eighth as Detroit won at home. The Cubs plan to have him start two minor-league games and make one for them before the All-Star break. The touted prospect was promoted from Triple-A Iowa on Friday and hit a two-run homer on the first pitch of his first at-bat in Sunday night’s 10-5 victory over the Pirates.
Hammel allowed four earned runs on six hits in 5 2/3 innings.
CHICAGO (AP) – The Chicago Cubs have placed center fielder Dexter Fowler on the 15-day disabled list with a right hamstring injury. Reliever Mitch Harris said in a post on his Instagram account that he had right elbow surgery last week.
The season starts later because of the return of the World Cup of Hockey, which takes place September 17-Oct.
Cubs: OF Jorge Soler (left hamstring strain) and INF Tommy La Stella (right hamstring strain) are running again.
This certainly isn’t adding Miller or Chapman – it once looked like the Cubs would get zero return on the Concepcion investment – but Epstein and general manager Jed Hoyer can’t just wait around for the Yankees to go against their franchise’s DNA and give up on this season.
The Cardinals are 5-2 in their last 7 during game 2 of a series and 35-16 in Wainwrights last 51 starts.
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Wacha has lost seven straight decisions dating to a win at San Diego on April 23, but he has shown signs of turning things around with consecutive quality starts.
