The Cubs loaded the bases, but Bryant grounded out to end the inning.Alex Reyes, another highly touted prospect, replaced Weaver and struck out three in three scoreless innings in his Wrigley debut.Moss homered off Hendricks in the sixth to cut the lead to 2-1. Then it all unraveled in the eighth inning. He allowed three hits and one run in eight innings in a 5-1 victory over the Los Angeles Angels in his last start Tuesday.
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Acquired from the Toronto Blue Jays on June 1, Paredes put the Phillies on the board in the bottom of the second with an RBI single and made it 3-2 in the bottom of the fourth with a solo shot.
The Cardinals split a four-game series with Chicago, which dropped its second straight following an 11-game winning streak.
“They are a really good team with good hitters”, Rondon said.
“I won’t deny that that hit me at some point in that game, ” Matheny said.
“I was frightful, Wainwright said. And I will next time, but they got me today”. Lackey, for his part, has thrown a quality start in each of his last four games, and has had just two outings shorter than six innings all season.
“I’ve been feeling a little tight but nothing insane”, Lackey said. “The extra bullpen session was probably not the best for me”.
“I’ve been a little tight since then”, he said. “It’s nothing insane. Trust me, I’ve been out there feeling a lot worse so year, I’ll be all right”. “I’ll be all right”.
Piscotty homered off setup man Hector Rondon, who was making his first appearance since August 2 after resting a sore triceps. Sunday marked the second day in a row the Cubs had a late-inning bullpen meltdown, as rookie C.J. Edwards struggled mightily in a loss Saturday.
The win brings the Cardinals back to within 13 games of the first-place Cubs in the National League Central Division, and pulls them back into a tie with Miami for the National League’s second Wild Card spot.
“That’s an example of what the team looks like without Strop and Rondon”, manager Joe Maddon said. “We have to restructure this somehow”. Anthony Rizzo (.286, 70 Rs, 24 HRs, 82 RBIs, 3 SBs) went 1 for 4 yesterday. Cardinals 2B Jedd Gyorko’s home run Saturday was his 10th since July 18 – most in the majors. 3. They’re playing well, no question.
“My thought process hasn’t changed at all”, Maddon said about handling the big lead.
“I never had a problem with that in my career”. He is that good right now. “They’re not going to back down”.
The Cubs didn’t seem too concerned with their last two losses and Lackey didn’t seem anxious about his shoulder either.
So when Maddon saw starter John Lackey move his arm in a manner he normally doesn’t Sunday night, Maddon knew what he had to do. He felt better afterwards.
“I got to say hi to my kids in the kids’ room”, Lackey said.
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Lackey is 1-1 with a 2.70 ERA this season in three starts against the Cardinals – his only starts against his former team. “Hopefully not until October (again)”. On a night filled with nostalgia as the Yankees and Rodriguez turn to uncertain futures, baseball’s most notorious star of the last two decades drove a 96 miles per hour fastball from Tampa Bay’s Chris Archer into the right-center field gap in the first inning of New York’s 6-3 victory Friday.
