Schwarber suffered a left ankle sprain on the play and initial x-rays were negative. There was no immediate word on surgery. Schwarber was eventually carted off. Through his first three games with NY, the 26-year-old is 7-for-12 (.583) with two home runs, two doubles, and eight RBI.
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“He’s going to be missed”. I mean there’s no sugarcoating. He said he was surprised by the attention: “I guess that’s what happens when you win a world championship – you become more popular”. The game doesn’t wait around. “He doesn’t want us to dwell”.
The Cubs are 4-0 in their last 4 during game 3 of a series and 4-0 in Hendricks’ last 4 road starts. Peralta, the right fielder, applied the tag on Rizzo who had wandered off the bag.
Schwarber is a natural catcher and was still learning how to play left field. It was the first inside-the-park home run in Segura’s career and his second two-homer game. “We have a lot of faith in this guy”. Chicago’s Jason Hammel makes his 2016 debut after undergoing an offseason program geared toward better fitness and opposes Robbie Ray, who used a strong spring training to earn the No. 5 spot in the rotation.
“Can’t get mad about playing hard and getting hurt”, Schwarber said. Chicago’s first-round pick in the 2014 draft (chosen with the No. 4 pick), the Indiana University product blasted his way through the minors, clobbering 18 homers in just 72 games across three levels in his first year of professional baseball.
Zack Greinke is also finding the transition to a new team may not be as seamless as expected. Zobrist has played almost every position during his career, as manager Joe Maddon moved him around frequently while members of the Tampa Bay Rays. “We’re just concerned about him”.
But that breath-holding moment in Arizona reminded us all of an undeniable fact: These Cubs are loaded.
It was immediately chalked up as another “Cubbie occurrence”, as if only Cubs players could get injured on freak plays early in the season. “That’s what we expect out of our teammates”. For Segura, it was his fifth run scored of the season, tying him with Ahmed for team-high honors. “That’s what he did”. There, too, Chicago is covered with veteran receivers Miguel Montero and David Ross.
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Maddon said Fowler was a little sore from the collision but was back in the lineup Friday.
