I’m reasonably certain you will never, ever see him do again what he did in the ninth inning of Saturday’s 3-2 Cubs loss to the Giants that snapped the Cubs’ five-game winning streak. When Madison Bumgarner is on the mound and when they play the way they know how, they believe they’re as good as anybody, even with the second half record pulling them down.
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Rizzo reflected on beating Hodgkin’s lymphoma.”Obviously come a long way”, he said. Rizzo’s foundation has raised about $2 million to support families of children with cancer and cancer research. “It’ll be an interesting day, no question”, Maddon said. “It would have been pretty cool, but glad we got the win instead”.
Unfortunately, Lester’s 6 and 2/3 inning no-hit innings came to an end at the hands of Jaws extra Hunter Pence, who smacked a flat 86-mile-per-hour slider over the wall in left (-.105). San Francisco Giants manager Bruce Bochy, right, smiles as he talks with Brandon Crawford before a baseball game against the Chicago Cubs Friday, Sept. 2, 2016, in Chicago. He then worked around Trevor Brown’s one-out double in the eighth.
“We ran into a very hot pitcher who’s throwing the ball very well and he was on top of his game”, Bochy said. “Still, you’ve got to generate some offense”. It’s all about coming out every day with the same effort, and I really believe they’re doing that.
“Yeah, that’s what we’re used to doing”, Crawford said.
Asdrubal Cabrera homered for the sixth time in eight games, sending a drive over the right-center wall in the Mets’ fourth.
I thought it was quite odd that Jorge Soler was scratched from the original lineup with what was reported as an “ingrown toenail,” yet a few hours later was healthy enough to bat for TLS in the fifth and stay in the game for an inning in left field. The Cubs had won five in a row overall. And while he didn’t end up with his second career no-hitter, he did become a 15-game victor for the seventh time in his career.
The Giants entered the All-Star break a major league-best 57-33.
Lester walked Buster Posey with two outs in the first inning and followed by setting down 18 straight while getting some help. Fowler laid a bunt down the third-base line and Rizzo took a large turn around second.
“Our defense has been fun to watch all year,” Lester said.
Lester, 32, threw a no-hitter on May 19, 2008, for Boston against Kansas City.
Guerra left after 70 pitches over 3 1/3 innings in his first start since going to the disabled list with right elbow inflammation on August 8. Bumgarner has a 2.14 ERA in his career in the postseason, the best ERA among active pitchers with at least 9 postseason starts.
Baez drove in another run with a sacrifice fly and almost beat out a grounder to first for an infield hit, but his headfirst slide was ruled just a tick slow after replay overruled the original call.
“You go through the first inning and you think no-hitter,” he said. “I was able to keep the ball down and keep the defense active today, so that was good”. Harper’s double set up a two-run single in the ninth. The right-hander allowed six hits and walked one in 7 1/3 innings, leading AL Central-leading Cleveland to its fourth straight victory.
Cincinnati beat St. Louis 3-2 on a walk-off single by Eugenio Suarez in the bottom of the ninth. The Cubs have claimed the first two games between the potential National League playoff opponents.
ROCKIES 14, DIAMONDBACKS 7 Nick Hundley hit a grand slam and pinch-hitter Daniel Descalso also homered in a seven-run eighth inning that sent Colorado past Arizona.
Bumgarner (14-8) allowed two runs and five hits in his fourth victory in his last five starts.
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. – Matt Duffy’s three-run double highlighted a five-run sixth inning and the last-place Tampa Bay Rays beat the AL East-leading Toronto Blue Jays for the second straight game, 7-5 on Saturday night.
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Twins 11, White Sox 3 • Brian Dozier hit his 34th homer, one of four round-trippers for host Minnesota in support of lefthander Hector Santiago.
