After yesterday’s 12-1 loss, the second game of the series against the Chicago Cubs was a matchup that didn’t look good on paper for the Mariners. He appeared in one game for Baltimore on July 3 at Seattle, allowing three runs and four hits in two innings.
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Cubs manager Joe Maddon brought in Chapman, hoping he would convert his second four-out save since being acquired from the Yankees.
“Travis, star of the game, between his pitching and that catch he made at the wall”, Maddon said. “If he’s available and we don’t utilize him and lose the game, I’d be upset with myself”.
Chapman’s first week with the Cubs has included a save against the White Sox and an awkward interview about the domestic violence case that led to a 29-game suspension.
“It’s not my favorite thing to do, but that’s my job and it’s the manager’s decision”, Chapman said through a translator of coming on in the eighth.
Wade Miley held Chicago hitless through six innings, but the Cubs took a 1-0 lead in the seventh thanks to an overturned call at home.
Seattle added a run in the ninth when shortstop Addison Russell threw high to first on Chris Iannetta’s two-out grounder, allowing Franklin Gutierrez to score from third.
The Cubs trailed 6-3 before they got to Cishek in the ninth, handing the sidewinding right-hander his sixth blown save in 31 opportunities.
In Minneapolis, Dioner Navarro hit a tiebreaking double in the 10th inning to drive in Avisail Garcia and lift Chicago to a win.
Miley allowed one hit over seven innings with a season-high nine strikeouts.
CHICAGO (AP) – Pitcher Jon Lester drove in Jason Heyward with a two-strike squeeze bunt in the 12th inning, and the Chicago Cubs overcame a six-run deficit to beat the Seattle Mariners 7-6 on Sunday night. Without a lot of time left, Wade Miley of the Seattle Mariners could be the one. “Everyone knows it’s not an easy task to get a knock off a guy like Chapman”.
In Anaheim, California, Albert Pujols hit a two-run homer and Hector Santiago survived a rocky five innings. He fell to 0-3 with a 4.88 ERA in five starts during July.
They had another taken away a batter later when Bryant was ruled safe after he broke for home on a pickoff attempt of Javier Baez at first base.
After posting a 1.93 ERA in two starts at Triple-A Iowa, Matusz hopes to follow in the footsteps of reigning National League Cy Young Award victor Jake Arrieta – another reclamation project who blossomed with the Cubs after a disappointing tenure in Baltimore. RHP Taijuan Walker (foot) is scheduled to throw five innings Monday in a rehab start for Tacoma.
For the most part, Miley looks an very bad lot like the guy who was already so disappointing for the Red Sox last season, with a strikeout rate (17.7 percent) and walk rate (7.3 percent) right in line with his numbers from a year ago.
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Looking for an extra day of rest for its rotation, Chicago promoted Matusz from Triple-A Iowa for a spot start.
