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Kenley Jansen pitched the ninth to earn his 27th save in 29 chances.
Trying to rally to make the cut, Spieth hit into a hazard on the 12th hole, and a bogey later became a double bogey when he was penalized one shot for stepping on his ball during the search.
Kershaw (11-6) allowed one run and three hits in eight innings.
A 7.56 run-support average on the streak has certainly helped, and he’s recorded the win in each of the last 10 starts in which he’s been given at least three runs of support. But that would be the Cubs’ only run on the night. The consecutive scoreless innings streak was snapped in the fourth-inning after Anthony Rizzo launched a home run over the center-field wall. The 87-year-old announces games for Sports Net LA. Gibson allowed just four hits and walked three but was lifted after tossing 111 pitches with two on and two out in the sixth. He has called Jackie Robinson’s historic career, Willie Mays’ triples, Sandy Koufax’s ideal game, Kirk Gibson’s heroic World Series homer and Clayton Kershaw’s current brilliance on the mound. “Obviously it’s not how we wanted to come out here and play, especially against these two teams”.
“We worked really hard to get to this point, ” Dodgers manager Don Mattingly said.
At the age of 36, Utley wanted a platform to earn his next contract, and it’s unclear what sort of playing-time guarantees the Cubs would offer or how that would fit with Joe Maddon’s mix-and-match managing style.
In 2011, the final days for manager Mike Quade and some of his staff, pitcher Randy Wells, a Cardinals fan growing up, coughed up a late lead against St. Louis in Busch Stadium. “Our guys care and they’re good, so we’ll be fine”. Wood is 2-2 with a 4.34 ERA in five starts since Los Angeles acquired him from the Atlanta Braves.
Pinch-hitter Scott Van Slyke grounded into a double play, scoring Gonzalez.
The rest – Maddon meeting with Vin Scully in the press box, the iconic broadcaster announcing he will return for a 67th season and Jamie Foxx taking batting practice with the Cubs – is just noise.
“I know he’s had some struggles this year”. Though he didn’t get the win, Lester is 4-1 with a 3.09 ERA in seven starts since the All-Star break. “And with all those teams that had interest in me – and I had interest back – there was an opportunity”.
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Shin-Soo Choo had a solo home run and two RBIs, while Chris Gimenez’s solo homer in the fifth represented the go-ahead run. He last faced the Cubs on July 5 with the Marlins, allowing one run and one hit in seven innings in a 2-0 loss.
