They are going to need to avoid a three-game losing streak with Adam Wainwright on the mound for the Cardinals in NY.
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White Sox manager Robin Ventura expects nothing unusual when ace Chris Sale starts the finale of the crosstown series with the Cubs on Thursday night after serving a five-game suspension for destroying the White Sox 1976 vintage uniforms and being scratched minutes before his last scheduled start on Saturday. Tillman has won four straight starts, all behind seven innings of one-run ball.
“I thought we were getting a guy who threw 105”.
Theo Epstein might be the baseball executive you’d least want to play poker against, and his team didn’t stop after winning 97 wins last season – committing nearly $290 million to free agents – or hold onto the organization’s top prospect when the New York Yankees wanted Gleyber Torres in the blockbuster Aroldis Chapman trade. The Cubs couldn’t muster a hit until the sixth, but when they did, it was a bomb. Kris Bryant was 0 for 4 with three strikeouts and has fanned seven times in 10 at-bats against Shields.
Cubs manager Joe Maddon later chimed in saying that he Chapman might have previously understood the question during the news conference.
Shields (5-12) struck out five and continued an impressive turnaround from a bad first three starts after being acquired from San Diego last month.
Nate Jones finished the eighth and David Robertson worked a flawless ninth for his 24th save as the White Sox (50-50) returned to.500.
Hendricks gave up three runs on six hits and two walks in 5 2/3 innings. Where the team goes from here in both regards will draw even greater attention to a group already flanked by it since the first days of spring training, so maybe the added watchfulness from the baseball world won’t really feel that different.
Chapman arrived after being acquired from the New York Yankees and immediately faced scrutiny from reporters over his offseason domestic violence incident and ensuing 29-game suspension.
Sanchez has shuttled between Chicago and Charlotte this season.
In front of several reporters and video cameras, Chapman, was asked about a phone conversation that he had with Cubs Chairman Tom Ricketts and president of baseball operations Theo Epstein before the deal was completed.
One of the hottest players who could be on the move before the 4 pm EST deadline next Monday is Chicago White Sox pitcher Chris Sale.
Ranaudo is the first Sox pitcher to hit a home run since Mark Buehrle did so on June 14, 2009, against the Brewers. However, Shields got out of the jam when he got Dexter Fowler to pop out to Navarro to end the inning. Which former Cy Young victor got the win after pitching the final three innings, despite allowing two runs?
Padres 8, Blue Jays 4: Adam Rosales hit a two-run home run, Alex Dickerson and Brett Wallace each hit solo shots and San Diego beat Toronto to avoid a three-game sweep.
Colon (9-5) struck out eight and walked none. Afterward, Chapman’s teammates were talking as much about him as the late homers. The 1991 anniversary celebration was marked by Gene Larkin, who had the winning hit in the 11th inning of Game 7, throwing the ceremonial first pitch.
This will be his first start of the 2016 campaign and his 10th since making his big league debut with the Boston Red Sox back in 2014.
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Nick Hundley broke up Dylan Bundy’s no-hit bid with a sixth-inning homer, and Colorado used a strong pitching performance by Jon Gray to beat Baltimore.
