“I’ve seen a bad hop at third, a bad hop at second”.
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The Cubs will have a three game series against the Pirates this weekend, and that will undoubtedly go a long way toward determining which team could potentially host the winner-take-all game.
But those are just words. Greinike is 18-3 with an ERA of 1.65. Piker. Holland, who will sit out the next few games with tightness in his throwing elbow, owns a 3.83 ERA and 1.46 WHIP in 44 2/3 innings this season.
Jake Arrieta, the National League Cy Young Award candidate, became the first pitcher in the major leagues to reach 20 victories on Tuesday night.
Want even more? Of course you do. Milwaukee lost for the ninth time in 10 starts. Jake could make it 11. “I have no problem with any of that”. Savor it, because you never know when this is going to pass our way again.
Finally, with a man on, righty Tyler Thornburg, hung a pitch to right fielder Jason Heyward, who hit his twelfth homer of the year into right center.
Arrieta, meanwhile, gave up a leadoff double to Scooter Gennett in the first inning before retiring the next 14 batters.
“And it has nothing to do with the groundskeepers”. Davies threw the ball well in a 5-3 loss to Cincinnati last time out with three runs scored in six frames. “You’ve just got to battle and just hope we string (hits) together, but he’s tough”.
Designated hitter Pujols then added his 36th homer of the year, a 443-foot blast to left field that bumped the lead to 3-0. So, yay him, I suppose. Bryant has also driven in 98 runs, two away from becoming the first N.L. rookie to have a 100-RBI season since Ryan Zimmerman in 2006. “He works quick, throws a lot of strikes and he’s one of the best pitchers in baseball”.
Chicago Cubs’ Jorge Soler hits a pinch-hit, three-run home run off…
In short, it was a almost flawless performance not only by Arrieta, but by the entire Cubs ballclub.
Right-hander Aaron Harang earned his first win since July 30 while third baseman Cody Asche hit two solo homers to lead the Philadelphia Phillies to a 6-2 win over the Miami Marlins.
Hendricks (7-6, 4.22 ERA) was off to a great start to begin the month of September but hit a bit of a wall in his previous outing while visiting the Pirates at PNC Park last Thursday.
Now let’s talk about the playoff race.
The Cubs were on a good run until the Phillies outmatched them on offense on Saturday and Sunday. That made for many photo-ops (like the one above) of Cubs players, wives, and kids interacting with some cuddly, and in the case of the snow leopard cub, endangered animals.
With an 89-62 record in the NL, Chicago is almost guaranteed the second Wild Card spot, especially with the closest team nine and a half games behind them with 11 to play. Why not think big things?
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