“We’ve encouraged him to go.”. “Let us know the state of affairs and we’ll go from there”. Wilfredo Boscan may fill in.
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While on the restricted list, Nicasio does not count against the 40-man roster, is not paid and does not accrue service time.
Diamondbacks 10, Phillies 2: Yasmany Tomas and Peter O’Brien hit two home runs apiece as Arizona blasted Philadelphia.
The Pirates also recalled corner infielder Jason Rogers to return the Pirates to a five-man bench. Liriano is giving up 1.74 home runs per nine innings. Rondon, 28, was 3-1 with a 1.91 ERA in 24 relief appearances with Triple-A Indianapolis.
Arrieta (11-1) struck out 11 and walked three as the Cubs started the weekend series on a strong note after dropping two of three at Washington. Friday, he gave up a run, a hit and three walks without recording an out. The Pirates then had the bases loaded with one out in the sixth inning against Arrieta, only to not put a run across the board once again.
The Cubs improved to 46-20, while the Pirates dropped to 33-35.
Niese has allowed 17 homers in 81⅔ innings this season.
Today’s game will be nationally televised by FOX, and can also be heard on 670 The Score for the radio broadcast.
Anthony Rizzo homered in the second on an 0-2 curveball that caught too much of the plate.
Bottom Play (WPA): The fourth inning looks, in hindsight, like the most important inning of the game, as it presented the most likely point in the game for Pittsburgh to secure a win. Ross’ homer in the sixth broke the tie.
Francisco Liriano (4-7) was tagged with the loss after allowing four runs on six hits in 5 2/3 innings.
Justin Smoak had a two-run homer and Josh Donaldson added a solo shot and a two-run triple for the Blue Jays, who won their fourth straight to pull within one game of the American League-East leading Orioles.
The Pirates lost for the eighth time in nine games with their starter struggling with his control and their offense producing just three hits. They were shut out for the first time in a regular-season game since they lost to St. Louis on September 28. He now has three multihomer games in his career. Manager Clint Hurdle said C Chris Stewart was unavailable on Saturday.
Center fielder Austin Meadows, the Pirates’ top position player prospect according to Baseball America, made his Class AAA debut with Indianapolis Saturday.
Niese pitched to a 2.15 ERA over a six-start span in which he posted five quality starts, but he hit a bump in the road Sunday against St. Louis.
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Chicago had bases loaded in the fourth inning following Javier Baez’s leadoff double and two-out walks to Arrieta and Fowler. He has walked at least four batters in three of his past four starts.
