Brandon Moss also homered for St. Louis. He allowed two runs andfive hits, including two home runs, in seven innings.
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St. Louis starter and hyped prospect Luke Weaver allowed two runs on four hits in his major league debut.
And New York’s 24-year-old newbies did it back-to-back in a five-pitch span during the second inning.
The game was knotted at 2 heading to the eighth inning, and Carl Edwards Jr. took over after Kyle Hendricks threw seven dominant innings.
TIGERS 2, RANGERS 0 Casey McGehee had four of Detroit’s 14 hits against Cole Hamels, Matt Boyd pitched seven scoreless innings and the team snapped a five-game losing streak with a victory over host Texas.
“Just two bad changeups, really, two changeups up [in the strike zone]”, Hendricks said. “That was about it”. He was also in the bullpen when Lester beat Seattle with a 12th-inning squeeze bunt on July 31 that started the winning streak. With the Cubs tied 2-2 with the Cardinals in the eighth, manager Joe Maddon tabbed Edwards as his man to get the job done. After Morneau tied it, the Sox had runners at the corners with two out.
Leake is 9-3 with a 3.18 ERA in 20 career starts against the Cubs.
“It means a lot, ” Grichuk said.
St. Louis Cardinals’ Randal Grichuk, right, is greeted by Jedd Gyorko (3) after hitting a grand slam against the Chicago Cubs during the eighth inning of a baseball game, Saturday, Aug. 13, 2016, in Chicago. The sidewinding right-hander has allowed three home runs, two to righties. These kids are making a nice first statement’. “He just ate (innings) for us the last time”. “This is a tough place to pitch and watching them. not just survive, I thought they looked terrific”.
The Cubs jumped on Wainwright early. La Stella returned to his home in New Jersey.
With 11 straight wins, the Chicago Cubs are running away in the National League Central race, and they’ll try to add another game to their lead over the St. Louis Cardinals when the rivals continue their four-game series Saturday at Wrigley Field.
“I’m still very optimistic about him coming back, but nothing has really abruptly changed right now, ” manager Joe Maddon said.
I suppose that if there are statement losses, then this must have been a very big statement win. But the way he’s been pitching, nobody’s ideal, but I think he’s been outstanding.
The team officially recalled Weaver from AAA Memphis and placed outfielder Matt Holliday on the 15-day disabled list with a broken thumb.
Not too long ago, it would have been panic time for the Cubs had Pedro Strop and Hector Rondon gone on the shelf.
A day after having surgery to fix a torn meniscus in his left knee, reliever Pedro Strop was walking with crutches in the clubhouse and saying he was feeling better. With Strop out for up to six weeks with a torn meniscus in his left knee and Rondon still on the shelf with triceps soreness, Maddon stuck with Edwards hoping he could get out of the jam. Lackey is 1-1 with a 2.70 ERA in three starts against the Cardinals, all of which have come this season.
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So, instead of offering Lackey $32 million, as the Cubs eventually did, the Cardinals wound up signing Mike Leake to a five-year, $80 million deal.
