Instead of a three-month rental, the Cubs would prefer a pitcher with the potential to help next year and maybe beyond.
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Arrieta (9-5) was not picked for the All-Star team and is not a candidate for the final vote. He skated in four Stanley Cup Final games.
Votto was the main culprit. Peter Bourjos hit an RBI double with two outs and scored on a single by Xavier Scruggs.
Hammel needed 12 pitches to get through a 1-2-3 first inning against St. Louis, but that would be it on a cool, rainy night.
The victory in the second game came after Paulo Orlando hit a ninth-inning grand slam to give Kansas City a win in the opener.
The doubleheader was caused by a massive storm that caused numerous tornado warnings in the Kansas City area Monday night.
ATHLETICS 4, YANKEES 3: Brett Lawrie hit a leadoff homer in the 10th inning against All-Star reliever Dellin Betances, sending Oakland to a victory over New York. The Cards are 13-3 in his 16 starts this season. The right-hander left to loud cheers with a 1-0 lead and runners on first and third. Chicago would go on to win game two 5-3 and finish the sweep of the doubleheader. Molina is batting. 292 with two home runs and 28 RBIs. He contributed a pair of singles and scored a run after starting the season 1 for 33. Fortunately, Motte then got the last two outs for his fifth save and a Cubs sweep.
Heaney’s outing was more than enough for the offense.
Like Arrieta, Beeler had himself a great starter, holding the Cardinals to only two earned runs on four hits with two walks and six strikeouts. He allowed three singles to load the bases for Montero.
Michael Brantley homered in the sixth off Astros rookie Vince Velasquez (0-1) as the Indians snapped a three-game losing streak.
Rizzo set a modern franchise record in the first inning of the second game when he was hit by a pitch for the 18th time. Trevor Rosenthal gave up a two-out double to Addison Russell in the ninth, but struck out Dexter Fowler for his 25th save in 26 chances. He also recorded his first year of the year – a double that looked as if it was going to leave the yard in the third inning.
Doubront (1-0) allowed just one run and six hits in 6.2 innings.
Chicago Cubs starting pitcher Dallas Beeler hrows against the St. Louis Cardinals during the first i … They are also 24-17 in home games.
The Cubs have Kyle Hendricks, Jon Lester and Arrieta lined up for the White Sox this weekend at Wrigley Field before scattering for the All-Star break.
The left-hander singled in the second inning for his first major league hit after 66 fruitless at-bats – plus five more in the World Series.
He struggled in his return last week against Milwaukee, giving up seven runs and 10 hits in five innings but avoided the loss.
St. Louis’ Mark Reynolds hit a two-run homer off Neil Ramirez in the ninth. Pierzynski homered among his three hits, Manny Banuelos earned his first major league win and Atlanta beat Milwaukee.
Banuelos (1-0) gave up one run and five hits in 5.1 innings. The left-hander, who made his big league debut last week, started in place of the injured Williams Perez. He was slow to get up and was replaced in the seventh.
Tyler Cravy (0-2) started in place of Matt Garza, who went on the disabled list Monday.
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With Seattle 0-7 on Thursdays, its worst day of the week this season, look for Richards to improve to 7-2 in his last nine team starts versus N.L. West opponents here tonight. “I’m really no physics major, but I don’t know how it hits foul and then curves back – but it could – I’m not saying it didn’t”. But Maddon doesn’t have a favorite between his two young stars.
