CHICAGO – Melky Cabrera homered, Todd Frazier drove in the go-ahead run with a single in the seventh, and the Chicago White Sox beat the Toronto Blue Jays 3-2 on Friday night. He walked two and hit a batter. The game marked the start of a season-high 11-game road trip for the Cubs.
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Bour hit his 14th home run for the Marlins, who got to 40 wins in 75 games – or 20 games faster than they did a year ago.
Chicago’s David Ross led off the eighth with his sixth homer to make the score 2-all. With two out and a runner on first, Strop uncorked a wild pitch, which was followed by an RBI single by Stanton. Kyle Barraclough (4-2) won the game and pitched a scoreless eighth inning. While Jon Lester, could not win his sixth straight start, also only gave up two runs in seven innings.
-Dating to last season, Marlins RHP A.J. Ramos has 32 consecutive saves, one behind Steve Cishek for the franchise record.
That means they could return soon to help a lineup that suddenly seems vulnerable after the top three of Ben Zobrist, Jason Heyward and Kris Bryant.
Arizona regained the lead in the ninth off reliever Carlos Estevez (1-4).
I care not for what replay says about this Baez defensive gem. The two-time Cy Young Award victor posted a 4.68 ERA over parts of four seasons from 2012-15.
Bryant said there are times during batting practice when he’ll tinker with trying to hit a home run, as he did on a 3-0 pitch Sunday against the Pirates. Fernando Rodney remained ideal in 16 save chances.
The five-start winning streak is the second longest of Lester’s career, just one off his best run of six starts with a win from August 27 – September 25, 2010. He has also struck out 87 times in 61 games.
Brewers 5, Nationals 3 • Kirk Nieuwenhuis and Keon Broxton each hit home runs off Max Scherzer and host Milwaukee extended the Nationals’ losing streak to a season-worst six games.
Kyle Hendricks allowed four unearned runs in five innings Friday.
St. Louis, like just about every other team that had faced Arrieta, struggled against the Cubs ace, who was below his best, issuing four walks and needing 106 pitches to get through five innings, but giving up only one earned run.
RED SOX 8, WHITE SOX 7 (10): Xander Bogaerts singled in the game-winning run in the 10th inning as the Boston Red Sox beat the Chicago White Sox 8-7 on Thursday and averted a sweep of their four-game series.
Miami (39-34) broke a 2-2 tie with two runs in the eighth.
Chicago Cubs catcher David Ross catches a foul fly by Miami Marlins’ Chris Johnson in the second …
The Marlins are 4-2 on their current homestand and are coming off a 3-0 win over Atlanta on Wednesday to salvage a split of a quick two-game set. Zobrist took his base and stayed in the game until the end of the inning, but was then replaced in the field. They scored eight unanswered runs to rally from a three-run deficit in a 9-6 victory Saturday at Marlins Park.
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ATHLETICS 5, ANGELS 4: Marcus Semien and Khris Davis homered to help Kendall Graveman get the first win by an Oakland starter in more than three weeks as the Athletics beat Los Angeles.
