After being no-hit by the Mariners’ Wade Miley for six-plus innings, the Cubs had one run awarded to them on an overturned call at home plate, when Fowler scored on a fielder’s choice in the seventh inning of a 4-1 loss in front of 41,401. Seager had 16 errors past year in 160 games and just eight in 2014, when he won a Gold Glove for defensive excellence…the Mariners were 1-for-8 with runners in scoring position, but that one was Leonys Martin’s two-run double…outfielder Guillermo Heredia reinjured his right shoulder on a slide at the plate in the eighth inning.
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Padres 2, Reds 1, 10 innings: Adam Rosales homered leading off the 10th inning to give San Diego the victory over Cincinnati.
Seattle lost in its first trip to Wrigley Field since 2007. The Mariners let infielder Luis Sardinas pitch the eighth, and he threw a flawless inning.
The Cubs offense had a quiet Saturday afternoon just 24 hours after putting 12 runs on the board against the Seattle Mariners in Game 1.
The first-place Baltimore Orioles have reportedly added a solid veteran arm to their rotation.
In Anaheim, California, Albert Pujols hit a two-run homer and Hector Santiago survived a rocky five innings. He was already done when there was a 74-minute rain delay in the seventh.
However, things have gone off the rails in the years since, as his ERA has risen in three straight seasons, all the way to 4.98 in 2015, his first with the Mariners. Through seven innings, Arrieta had only allowed one hit – a base hit by Nelson Cruz in the fourth.
The 29-year-old Miley was selected by Arizona with the 43rd pick in the 2008 amateur draft and made his major league debut with the Diamondbacks in 2011.
STAT PACK: The Mariners clinched their first winning record in interleague play since 2009 by improving to 11-5 with four games remaining.
Neil Walker hit a long go-ahead three-run homer in the seventh inning as NY avoided being swept in the season series by Colorado.
Jeremy Hellickson pitched into the sixth inning in Atlanta and drove in the go-ahead run with a two-run double to lead Philadelphia.
I assume Grimm (along with Tommy La Stella, who was optioned on Friday) will be back in September.
“That part of the batting order just yells his name”, Cubs manager Joe Maddon said.
“Travis, star of the game, between his pitching and that catch he made at the wall”, Maddon said. “And quite frankly, we should have got two out of three”, Mariners manager Scott Servais said. “This is definitely an advocacy for a 27- or 28-man roster”. Fowler opened with a leadoff walk. He struck out in the eighth.
Matusz, who was called up from Triple-A Iowa, allowed a no-doubt home run to Dae-Ho Lee in the third inning.
Nice tag by Miguel Montero to keep the game, at the time, with a 1-0 Cubs lead.
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Miley has logged at least 193.2 innings in each of the last four seasons. Javier Baez bounced to short, the throw came home, Fowler was called out but the call was overturned. Miley’s HR/FB rate has jumped all the way to 15.8 percent, and his 31.7 percent hard-hit rate represents a seven percent increase over last season. He has been a bit better over his last six starts since returning from the disabled list, tossing quality starts in three straight and four overall.
