Soooo last nights matchup pitting Mr. “No one will under cut my work,” Jake Arrieta takes on Milwaukee Brewers 0-3 Taylor Jungmann. It would appear that the extra day of rest would through The Great One off. He would give up a single to lead off man Jonathan Villar who would steal second, with #3 in the lineup Ryan Braun. With one man on and one out, Braun would reach on a walk. Catcher Jonathan Lucroy would walk but not before the double steal would go into effect. He wouldn’t let it get to him by striking out the next two batters to prevent the Brew Crew from scoring.
Dexter Fowler would spark the Cubs with a leadoff single to center. Heyward would pop out. Chris Bryant would reach after getting hit. Rizzo would walk to load the bases. Ben Zobrist with bases loaded would send a ground ball to right scoring Fowler and Bryant! Cubs up 2-0 after 1 inning. David Ross would lead off the second with his second home run of the season. 3-0 Cubs after 2. Kris Bryant would lead off the third with a single and score on Anthony Rizzo’s double to right. Tommy La Stella would send a line drive to right to right scoring Rizzo.
Taylor Jungmann would only last 3 2/3 innings with 5 earned runs but the Brew Crea would get out of the fourth with giving up any runs. After his scuffle in the first, Jake would cruise through the first half of the game but would give up a single to Jonathan Villar who would steal second and score thier first run of the game on Alex Presley’s double to right breaking The Great One’s scoreless streak at the Freindly Confines.
Chris Capuano would come into the fifth and load the bases with walks. Fowler would ground into a force out getting the run back, putting the Cubs up 6-1. Madden would pull Arrieta after 5 for Justin Grimm. Sam Freeman would come into the sixth for Milwaukee. He would give up a leadoff hit to Javier Baez and then would walk the bases loaded for Addison Russell who would ground into a force out scoring Baez but would get out of the inning.
Trevor Cahill would start the seventh with a strike out, give up a hit, then a strike out, walk and pop out to end the inning. He would get two batters out but after a fielding error and a walk would be replaced by Pedro Strop who would end the inning on a strike out.
Neil Ramirez would come into the ninth inning, leading off with a K but would give up a double to Villar who would move to third on a wild pitch. Alex Presley would score him on a sac fly. Ryan Braun would ground out to end the game. 7-2.
Jake would get his fifth win of the season but not a quality start striking out 6, walking 4 and giving up just three hits with a run. The Cubs bullpen would continue to protect thier starting pitcher as they have all month long giving up only 3 hits and 1 run but striking out 7.
Another W in the books!
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