“I give our guys a lot of credit for hanging tough under those conditions”.
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Tommy La Stella had three hits and reached base in all four of his trips. Guerra earned the victory in a May 15 start at Miller Park, giving up five hits and three runs over seven innings.
“I knew that would come up”, Nieuwenhuis said of his home/road splits.
Jonathan Lucroy also homered, and Zach Davies turned in another strong start with 61/3 innings of three-hit, one-run ball as Milwaukee knocked off its I-94 rival in front of a sellout crowd of 44,643.
Ryan Braun singled, stole second and took third on an single by Jonathan Lucroy and then scored on Chris Carter’s RBI single as Milwaukee took a 2-0 lead. The run was just the second allowed by Smith in eight July appearances (six innings). “But I’m not taking Will out”. Chicago’s offense then went off for five runs against the Milwaukee bullpen in the top of the seventh, ultimately winning the game 6-5.
Anthony Rizzo hit a bases-clearing double off left-hander Will Smith to put the Cubs ahead.
But you’re probably so happy about the Cubs’ 6-5 win over the Brewers that you don’t care.
“It was a long game”, Counsell said. We had a couple defensive mistakes that hurt us.
“It brings you back to when I was in college (at San Diego) playing San Diego State”, Bryant said. He last appeared in a big league game on April 6, 2015, with the Detroit Tigers. After a walk, Nelson stepped over a sac bunt attempt by Cubs pitcher Jason Hammel, and it went for a hit. “It was a tough at bat, and I think I exhausted him out and he finally let one leak back out a little bit”.
“It was without a doubt the hottest game of the year, and it was one of the longer games, so guys were exhausted, for sure”, Counsell said. That was only the beginning; there were another three stolen bases while Lester was pitching, plus several attempts that nearly certainly would have been successful if not for foul balls (though, to be fair, Jake Elmore was also caught stealing in the fourth).
Nathan has 377 career saves, and yet Sunday still felt like opening day all over again for the 41-year-old reliever. Right-hander Adam Warren was optioned to Triple-A Iowa in a corresponding move. Fowler is 3-for-8 with a double and a home run since returning from the disabled list Friday. Maddon said Fowler’s right hamstring was sore but expected him to be back in the lineup Monday against the White Sox.
It was the third career multi-homer game for Nieuwenhuis, who had a solo shot in the fourth and a three-run homer in the eighth. LOB-Milwaukee 12, Chicago 6.
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ORIOLES 5, INDIANS 2: Mark Trumbo hit his major league-leading 30th home run, Kevin Gausman pitched seven shutout innings and the Baltimore Orioles beat the Cleveland Indians 5-2 on Saturday night in a duel between first-place teams.
