It was not a save situation, but that did not stop Chicago Cubs manager Joe Maddon from using newly acquired closer Aroldis Chapman in the 9th inning of the team’s 8-1 win over the Chicago White Sox.
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Sale faced dozens of reporters after the game, heaping praise on his teammates, sidestepping questions about the jersey-tearing and expressing gratitude to be back. “I thought we were getting the guy that was throwing 105”. We’re in an age where in what he’s doing is his job, but sometimes you don’t get that luxury. “That’s impressive, jaw-dropping to see”.
A couple days ago it became official that the New York Yankees were sending their closer Aroldis Chapman to the Chicago Cubs for a package deal that consists of two top 100 prospects according to MLB.com and a couple of complementary players which includes former Yankee reliever Adam Warren.
Anthony Ranaudo’s first start with the White Sox was going about as well as one could have expected.
Ventura spoke to reporters just a few minutes after his five-time All-Star arrived.
Jay Bruce homered in his career-high fifth straight game, connecting off Hickory native Madison Bumgarner in a win over slumping San Francisco.
Max Kepler homered, Robbie Grossman reached base four times and Kyle Gibson pitched six solid innings as Minnesota snapped a three-game losing streak.
Shields, who allowed 22 runs in his first three starts with the White Sox, walked four. The Sox though will focus on the task at hand and do get Quintana going tonight who has been excellent this season and matches up well with the Twins despite their bats heating up as evidenced by last night’s 6-2 thrashing of the Orioles.
Strasburg (14-1) began the season with 13 straight wins before he was beaten by the Los Angeles Dodgers on July 21.
Sale also went six innings and gave up two runs on six hits with three walks and four strikeouts in 111 pitches.
Ben Zobrist went 2-for-4 and singled home Dexter Fowler with the go-ahead run in the third inning.
D’backs 8, Brewers 1 • Yasmany Tomas hit two home runs, and Archie Bradley pitched seven solid innings for visiting Arizona.
Boston is the last major league team to be swept in a series of any length this season.
In his second appearance for the Cubs, Chapman came on with a runner on third and two outs in the eighth and blew a 102 miles per hour fastball past Cabrera to end the threat. In his last six starts, Lackey has a 6.38 ERA.
Ranaudo didn’t allow a hit until Kris Bryant’s solo homer with one out in the sixth tied the score at 1-1.
MARINERS 7, PIRATES 4: Seattle’s Felix Hernandez settled down after a shaky start at Pittsburgh and picked up his first victory in more than two months.
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Chicago Cubs’ Addison Russell (27) takes a curtain call after hitting a grand slam off Chicago White Sox pitcher Jacob Turner during the eighth inning of a baseball game Wednesday, July 27, 2016, in Chicago. At one point, when asked about the precise substance of a conference call between the pitcher, agent Barry Praver, Cubs president of baseball operations Theo Epstein and owner Tom Ricketts, Chapman paused for several seconds, and, after offering a brief response in Spanish, Blanco translated, “He was sleeping when they had a meeting with him on the phone, so he’s trying to remember what he talked about”.
