He allowed two runs in four innings after he was promoted from Triple-A Memphis on Saturday morning. Russell homered following Zobrist’s double for a 2-0 Cubs lead. Russell has a career-high 14 home runs and 71 RBIs this season.
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Joc Pederson homered, and Los Angeles had 17 hits in a victory at home.
RED SOX 9, DIAMONDBACKS 4 (at Boston) – Hanley Ramirez had two three-run homers for six RBI, David Ortiz added a homer and the Red Sox beat Arizona.
Chicago’s Dioner Navarro scored the go-ahead run on a strikeout, capping a freakish eighth-inning comeback that led the White Sox to an 8-7 victory at Miami.
WHITE SOX 8, MARLINS 7 Catcher Dioner Navarro scored the go-ahead run on a strikeout, capping a freaky eighth-inning comeback that helped visiting Chicago beat Miami.
The Cardinals took the lead in the 8th after a wild pitch on a third strike to Yadier Molina brought home Steven Piscotty.
Washington’s Daniel Murphy hit a two-run homer and drove in four runs to power the Nationals to a 7-6 win against Atlanta.
Milwaukee’s Ryan Braun hit a solo homer off Dan Straily (8-6) in the sixth.
Willson Contreras launched a three-run shot to cap a five-run second inning, and Javier Baez and Jorge Soler also connected to make things easy for Arrieta (14-5). He joined the roster of Double-A Springfield, where he made 12 starts and went 6-3 while allowing only 12 earned runs in 77 innings (1.40 ERA). Adam Duvall hit his 27th home run and Billy Hamilton stole three bases to push his major league-leading total to 51.
The Mets’ crosstown rivals, the New York Yankees, also won as Tyler Austin and Aaron Judge became the first teammates to hit home runs in the first at-bats of their major league debuts in the same game, sparking the Yankees past Tampa Bay 8-4.
ROYALS 7, TWINS 3 Yordano Ventura won consecutive starts for the first time in two months, Kendrys Morales homered in his return from a one-game suspension and visiting Kansas City beat Minnesota.
Last August 4 Jon Lester told a joke of the Cubs secret on how they succeeded over St. Louis Cardinals for 11 innings.
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The St. Louis Cardinals officially placed outfielder Matt Holliday on the 15-day disabled list Saturday with a fractured thumb suffered in Thursday night’s game.
