That’s no coincidence the numbers match. Predictions be damned, they still have to go out and prove it. “It wasn’t like we got the crap knocked out of us in the series”, Reds manager Bryan Price said. “We just want to make sure that he’s well, that he feels good at the plate, that he’s seeing the ball well.”… The game is predicated on throwing strikes. I think the Cubs will get that team record – they nearly did in 2008 – but those league records might be a bit out of reach.
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“And then there’s the cumulative effect over the course of a season, too, where you see so many pitches, have so many at-bats that you can wear down your opponents”. We didn’t get on base a ton.
And it’s a big reason the Cubs are off to a 7-1 start that ties the best eight-game start in franchise history. Jason Heyward drove in two runs with a two-out single in the third and robbed Scott Schebler of a hit with a diving grab in right-center in the fourth. It’s like guys swinging the bat real well and it gets contagious. “If I chose to put the pitcher eighth somebody in the seven hole is going to suffer”.
The last time the right-hander took the mound at the Cubs’ longtime home, he lasted just three innings in the Cardinals’ 6-4 loss in the clinching Game 4 of the NL Division Series in October. In the four losses, Reds pitchers have walked 28 in 33 innings.
Hammel allowed four hits, walked four and struck out three on 88 pitches in chilly weather.
The day before, Simon didn’t make it out of the first, and Price had to use five of the eight relievers in his bullpen.
Cincinnati had at least one baserunner against Hammel in all but one inning but none advanced past second.
ST. LOUIS – Domingo Santana hit a go-ahead two-run homer in the ninth inning, Chase Anderson threw six innings without an earned run and the Milwaukee Brewers beat the St. Louis Cardinals 6-4 on Wednesday night. Almost 108 years later the Cubs came from behind to win their 2016 home opener, also against the Reds.
Cubs manager Joe Maddon is blessed with a solid group of players who just seem to take advantage of every opening the opposition has offered so far this season.
Dexter Fowler and Addison Russell had three hits each for Chicago, and Kris Bryant hit his second home run. He made the right pitch at the right time, lowering his ERA through two starts to 0.75. Dexter Fowler followed with a slow roller between Joey Votto at first and Phillips at second, making it 7-0 and ending Hoover’s night.
Maddon has mixed up his lineup and order a fair amount so far, with only right fielder Jason Heyward and first baseman Anthony Rizzo in the same spot in the order and on the field in all nine starts.
“This lineup’s deep”, Lackey said. “The hits I did give up, they weren’t hard hits”.
Reds pitchers threw 97 pitches…in the first three innings. “It just didn’t happen to go my way”.
Reds starter Raisel Iglesias (1-1) worked five full innings, allowing three runs on six hits.
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WASHINGTON – Tanner Roark pitched seven innings, Stephen Drew and Jayson Werth hit fourth-inning home runs and the Washington Nationals defeated the winless Atlanta Braves 3-0 on Wednesday night for their fourth straight victory.
