Jorge Soler has made the Chicago Cubs’ lineup deeper by going deep.
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He helped Chicago overcome a career-high seven walks by Jake Arrieta to beat the Milwaukee Brewers 9-6 Thursday for a four-game sweep.
Chicago Cubs’ Addison Russell, right, celebrates with Anthony Rizzo, center, and Kris Bryant, left, after the team’s 4-0 win against the Milwaukee Brewers in a baseball game, Tuesday, Aug. 16, 2016, at Wrigley Field in Chicago.
Bryant singled and scored in the first, hit a two-run homer in the third and had an RBI double in the fourth off Zach Davies (9-6). Royals starting pitchers have a 1.61 ERA in the five-game winning streak, allowing 23 hits and six earned runs in 332/3 innings, while striking out 27 and walking seven. Their current 18-3 stretch is their best 21-game performance since July 1-19, 1945. It was the sixth time this season Baltimore has connected on five or more homers in a game. But Lester credited the offense for the starters’ success. We did a good job against Arrieta. “They pick us up sometimes, we pick them up sometimes”.
Nelson (6-13) walked leadoff batter Dexter Fowler then hit Kris Bryant with a pitch to begin the first.
Carl Edwards Jr., and Travis Wood.
RANGERS 6, ATHLETICS 2: At Arlington, Texas, Yu Darvish (4-3) struck out nine and Texas beat Oakland, giving the right-hander his first victory in his last 11 starts against the AL West-rival Athletics.
Milwaukee rarely threatened Lester. But after Keon Broxton led off the sixth with a single, he stole second base easily without Lester doing much to hold him on.
The Milwaukee Bucks snapped a three game losing streak, riding a balanced scoring attack to a 92-74 win over the Denver Nuggets Monday night at the BMO Harris Bradley Center.
When Cleveland manager Terry Francona suddenly wanted to put up a pinch-hitter in the middle of an at-bat, he knew where to get a guy. “But there’s no breaks, no quit”. “He’s reported to Double-A, and moving on up to Triple-A, and he’ll be back here probably by the first of September”, Maddon said before the game.
Aroldis Chapman worked the ninth for his seventh save with the Cubs.
Braun limped off in the fourth after he crumpled into the side wall trying to catch a fly ball down the left field line. Anderson left in the first inning but says he expects to play catch in the next day and evaluate from there. Counsell said Anderson might be well enough to start in the Brewers’ three-game series in Seattle.
Cubs: OF Chris Coghlan was placed on the 15-day disabled list Wednesday with a right rib contusion.
David Robertson retired the final two hitters with two on in the ninth for his 30th save.
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The Cubs shoot for the sweep this afternoon when they send Jake Arrieta (14-5, 2.55 ERA) to the mound against Zach Davies (9-5, 3.80 ERA).
