Brandon McCarthy pitched four-hit ball over six innings, Andrew Toles hit his first leadoff homer and the Los Angeles Dodgers beat Chicago 2-0 after the Cubs received their championship rings.
Anderson (2-0) won in his Wrigley Field debut for the Cubs. The lefty lowered his ERA to 0.84 through two starts with his new club. After runs by Albert Almora and Anthony Rizzo in the top of the 10th gave the Cubs an 8-6 lead over the Indians, Cleveland was able to get the score to 8-7 with two outs in the bottom of the inning. "You play here to make it back again to the playoffs". "You don't ever want to have to have those guys make those plays behind you, but it was one of those days where it was a grind from pitch one".
Left-fielder Kyle Schwarber, known more for his hitting, almost finalized a dazzling play when he retreated to the wall in left-center to make a juggling catch of Kike Hernandez's drive before falling into the ivy. The replay took 3 minutes, 55 seconds before it was reversed and Hernandez was awarded second base.
Toles gave the Dodgers a quick lead with his drive off John Lackey to start the game, and it stayed 1-0 until the ninth.
It was Rizzo's sixth career walk-off run-batted-in. The Diamondbacks send RHP Zach Greinke (1-0, 2.31 ERA) to the mound. Rizzo's no-doubter landed in a fan's beer in the bleachers located in right-center. In his first two seasons with the Dodgers, he allowed 0.6 home runs per nine innings.
"He'll know something from the past, but I'm certain that it's more pertinent to go with what's being told to him based on actual information", Cubs manager Joe Maddon said. "That came out hot". "I think Brett competed out there, but I don't think he had his best stuff".
At 5-5, the Brewers reached.500 for the first time since they were 5-5 last April 15. But they came home and got on the winning track at Wrigley. "They know we're not going anywhere".
That's almost $1 billion more than the second place Los Angeles Dodgers, who check in at $2.75 billion.
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They came out extremely slow to start the game, and they got very little offensively from some usual major contributors. Against a Houston team with this much firepower, an 0-1 deficit would seem to suggest that the Thunder is doomed.
The defense made a victor of starting pitcher Brett Anderson, who labored through five innings to get his first win as a Cub against no losses.
Paul Zipser added a career-high 21 points off the bench as Chicago took advantage of a short-handed Brooklyn lineup to secure its first playoff appearance under coach Fred Hoiberg.
You didn't think repeating as World Series champions was going to be easy, did you? On Wednesday, he threw out the first pitch before the Cubs' National League game against the Los Angeles Dodgers, which followed the ring-presentation ceremony.
Mike Montgomery worked two scoreless innings for Chicago. "What day he is activated, we're not sure".
"Freezing", Roberts said of the conditions.
Anderson and Ryu combined for 16 major league innings in 2016, and with 10⅓ combined innings this season the duo will likely pass last year's total on Thursday.
Justin Grimm ended the Dodgers ninth inning with another strikeout, Cubs pitchers' 14th of the night. If you weren't sold on a pair of Wrigley Field seats that went on sale earlier this year, there's a new piece of Cubs memorabilia that will have you rounding the bases and emptying your savings. Maddon said Rondon will likely be ready Saturday. Since returning (one start a year ago and two this season), he has given up four home runs in just 14 innings and has yet to complete five innings in any of those three starts.
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