Until Perez’s hit, the Braves were 1-for-7 with runners in scoring position, the hit a two-out single by Kelly Johnson in the first inning that staked Teheran to a 1-0 lead.
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The Cubs took a 1-0 lead in the third when Bryant singled, moved to third on an errant pickoff attempt by Banuelos and scored on Anthony Rizzo’s single.
Soler hit his fifth homer to make it 3-0 in the third.
Drew Pomeranz earned the win for the A’s. That runner came around to score. Atlanta fixed the overall game at couple of you are facing the 4th inning.
Peterson blamed himself for hurting Miller’s chances to win. Starlin Castro went 0-for-4 with two strikeouts dropping his batting average to.244, though everyone else in the starting lineup got on base at least once.
A chopper down the line in the Braves’ first by Nick Markakis was originally ruled a hit. Pierzynski slides across the plate on Eury Perez’s eighth-inning single Friday. The lefty posted a quality start on July 4, giving up two runs over 6 1/3 innings against the Marlins. His last three victories have come against Arizona, the previous two on September 11 and September 16, 2014. Lester pitched a no-hitter in 2008 for Boston. Richards struck out six in the outing and needed 113 pitches to go the distance.
Kole Calhoun contributed the first multihomer game of his career.
The Braves were held to one run on five hits in Sunday’s loss. Victor Martinez walked later that inning, but Detroit didn’t manage a single baserunner after that.
The AL Central-leading Royals won for the 10th time in 13 games.
We know who Bryce Harper might pick though. The Cubs were 2-for-12 with RISP and left 11 men on base, and even though the pitching staff has carried this team recently, they are going to have to start hitting better. His 100th pitch of the day was a curve at 73 miles per hour for a called third strike against Den Dekker with two out in the eighth.
The rookie’s first call-up to the majors lasted only six days, when he made five starts as the designated hitter.
Still, the Cubs led 2-0, as Lester was in sharp form. He struck out two and walked one.
And it worked as the Atlanta Braves’ bullpen did not surrender a run in 4.1 innings of work tonight. Sure, that award’s likely going to Zack Greinke, who had his sixth straight scoreless start Sunday and now has a 1.30 ERA and 43⅔ consecutive scoreless innings. He was lifted with two outs and runners on first and second base in the fifth.
HOUSTON – Rougned Odor finished a double short of the cycle and sparked a ninth-inning rally that clinched Texas’ win over Houston at Minute Maid Park.
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Schwarber collected three hits in four at-bats (the only three hit performance of the night for either team), while hitting his first career double and scoring a run. With one out, Andrelton Simmons’s single up the middle chased Lester.
