Randal Grichuk hit a grand slam to cap a six-run burst in the eighth inning and the St. Louis Cardinals stopped the Cubs’ 11-game winning streak, beating Chicago 8-4 on Saturday.
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Trend to Watch: The Cubs look invincible right now, and if they win tomorrow, they’ll match their longest win streak since late May/early June of 2001. The Cubs have won 11 straight games and now have a 14 game lead over the Cardinals for first place in the National League Central. Manager Joe Maddon said both got the day off following Thursday night’s 11-inning win.
As for the Cubs, they’re 6-0 in their last six game threes of a series, and 21-6 in their last 27 overall.
“I feel like a lot of people let that opportunity slip away thinking they’re going to have many more, ” Grichuk said. In fact, Wainwright had given up a run and had two men on before he even got an out, but the evidence of Wainwright’s struggles was clear by the time Addison Russell doubled in the second run of the game.
Wainwright gave up seven runs in two innings, tying his shortest outing in 245 career starts.
San Francisco ace Madison Bumgarner snapped a five-start winless rut with seven scoreless innings to steer the Giants to a 6-2 victory over Baltimore.
“I was terrible, Wainwright said”.
PHILLIES 6, ROCKIES 3 Maikel Franco hit a three-run home run, then was in the middle of a testy exchange that led to two ejections as host Philadelphia beat Colorado.
Bottom Play (WPA): Realistically, there’s not really a “bottom” in a game like this, but if we must, it came in the second inning on an error by Kris Bryant.
Kansas City Royals Cheslor Cuthbert (19) is congratulated by Eric Hosmer after hitting a home run Saturday against the Minnes.
Jake Arrieta pitched into the sixth inning to improve to 14-5.
ASTROS 5, BLUE JAYS 3 Joe Musgrove pitched seven innings for his first major league victory, Teoscar Hernandez homered for his first big league hit and Houston beat host Toronto. His three-run homer in the second inning was his second in his last four games. Joey Votto had four hits and two RBIs, and the Reds finished with 16 hits.
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Indians 13, Angels 3: Rajai Davis and Jose Ramirez each stole three bases to help Cleveland tie the franchise record with eight, and Brandon Guyton drove in five runs as the Indians handed Los Angeles its eighth straight loss. Ortiz had three hits, including his 1,000th extra-base hit with Boston. After Morneau tied it, the Sox had runners at the corners with two out. 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.
