The Cubs will have a three game series against the Pirates this weekend, and that will undoubtedly go a long way toward determining which team could potentially host the winner-take-all game. “Five, seven, 10 days, whatever it is, but no surgery”.
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“He’s as tough as there is right now”, Brewers manager Craig Counsell said. “It’s pretty cool. You get the family and the kids involved”.
In Oakland, Delino DeShields hit a go-ahead sacrifice fly in the sixth, four batters after Mitch Moreland connected for a tying two-run homer, and the Rangers beat the Athletics to increase their lead in the AL West.
The top of the Twins order did the bulk of the damage, accounting for five of their eight hits, two of their three runs and all three RBIs.
Wait a minute. Did I say major leaguers?
By beating Milwaukee, he became the first Chicago pitcher since Hall of Famer Fergie Jenkins in 1971 to win at least 20 games and strike out at least 200 in a season. The Cubs (89-62) kept pace with the Pittsburgh Pirates, two games out of the first wild-card spot and remained 9½ games in front of the San Francisco Giants for the second wild-card position. Aaron Hicks and Brian Dozier had two hits and an RBI double apiece. Fowler was initially called out at second, which would have nullified the go-ahead run from scoring. But the ruling was reversed after a review, allowing the Cubs lead to stand.
“Just losing a bit of the command”, Davies said after allowing four of those walks in six innings of Friday’s 5-3 loss to Cincinnati. He also struck out two. Perhaps the Cubs will do more of this sort of thing in October. “When you work behind, you’re not going to do any good because they’re very good hitters”.
Khris Davis had the Brewers’ only other hit, an infield single in the seventh.
Perhaps the only concern for Cubs fans with October around the corner is the fact their ace threw 123 pitches Tuesday.
Before this season, Lester’s last pickoff attempt had come early in the 2013 season. “Even the doctor said I never had a concussion or a fracture in the skull or anything”.
While Arrieta was the main attraction during Tuesday’s victory, Bryant also made some history when he drilled a two-run home run in the third inning.
“I’ve seen a bad hop at third”.
Joe Maddon brought his own brand of Animal House to Wrigley Field on Tuesday.
AC/DC tore it up at Wrigley Field last week – literally. “I don’t know if they were out there taking ground balls before the game or if they had nine-inch heels or spikes”.
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“They totally messed up our infield”, Maddon said. Nelson took a line drive to the head last week, but walked off the Miller Park field under his own power.
