On Tuesday night, Arrieta threw seven shutout innings of four-hit ball, taking a no-decision after exiting after 107 pitches in a 0-0 duel with Dodgers left-hander Scott Kazmir.
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Clayton Richard came in to relieve Arrieta and gave up three straight singles in the eighth, the last being Adrian Gonzalez’s line drive to left field that scored Chase Utley and ended the Dodgers’ 16-inning scoreless streak.
The Cubs had won each of Arrieta’s past 23 starts, matching the longest streak in big-league history.
The Cubs look to start another winning streak.
Arrieta’s seven innings of two-hit ball strongly suggested that he was at his best and merely matched pitch-for-pitch by Kazmir while not receiving a trace of the ample run support he’s received in his 10 previous starts.
Dodgers vs Cubs Thursday in Chicago – Kenta Maeda, who was 1-2 with a 5.04 ERA in May, will be on the mound for the Los Angeles Dodgers on Thursday when they take on Kyle Hendricks and the Chicago Cubs.
“I think it’s just a matter of continuing to persevere and keep going and conduct those consistent at-bats and continue to pitch, which we have been doing, and playing defense, which we have been doing”, Roberts said, when asked how the club can break the cycle.
In their last two losses when Arrieta started, the Cubs have combined for only one hit while the minimum amount of batters have come to the plate.
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That is a testament not only to how well the team’s been playing, but also to how dominant Arrieta has been.
Mike Bolsinger was recalled by the Dodgers a couple of weeks ago and has made two starts.
Corey Seager hit a three-run homer off Trevor Cahill in the ninth. The Cubs’ big lead in the National League Central was trimmed, while Washington bolstered their break at the top of the NL East with a victory at Philadelphia as the New York Mets slipped two games off the pace after wasting a good early lead against the Chicago White Sox.
“It was truly Travis Wood’s day”, Cubs manager Joe Maddon said.
Wearing the road grays in 2016, the Dodgers are averaging 5.11 runs per game, hitting.253/.326/.389 compared to just.222/.294/.359 and 3.44 runs per game at Dodger Stadium. “With good health, this guy can be really good”.
Los Angeles’ Jhoulys Chacin threw a complete game and Cliff Pennington’s tiebreaking single during a five-run eighth inning propelled the Angels over Detroit 5-1. The Dodgers continue to ride strong pitching as they’ve won seven of their last nine and allowed two or fewer runs in seven of their last eight contests.
“Obviously I want to see how it feels tomorrow”, Hammel said. But one of Chicago’s hits was a long, two-run homer to center field by Kris Bryant in the third inning, and Lester (6-3) took over from there. Los Angeles rookie RF Trayce Thompson was back in the lineup on Tuesday after missing two games due to back spasms.
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This was the opener of a four-game series in Miami. Cole is 3-0 with a 1.04 ERA in his last four starts.
