Chicago Cubs pitcher Jon Lester dealt seven scoreless innings on Sunday, but picked up a no-decision in the game as the Cubs fell 6-1 to the Pittsburgh Pirates. Arrieta, coming off wins in his first two starts, allowed three runs and five hits in 5 2/3 innings as his ERA rose to 2.89.
David Freese and Francisco Cervelli each drove in two runs, and Pittsburgh stopped a four-game slide with a 4-2 victory over Chicago on Friday. Lester was strong but he couldn't help the Cubs avoid a three-game sweep as they fell to.500 at 6-6.
Jose Quintana (0-3) gave up hits to six of his first seven batters in a 39-pitch first inning, including Max Kepler's two-run triple.
Kris Bryant knocked his first home run of the season against Pittsburgh on Saturday, and it was one of the longest hit this early Major League Baseball season.
Shawn Kelley (1-0) pitched a ideal 10th inning. He elevated the ball really well today, more so than probably in the past. Blake Wood (0-1) allowed three hits and three runs, including Jonathan Villar's tiebreaking double off the glove of right fielder Patrick Kivlehan. "The changeup and curveball were difference makers". "We knew we were better than that".
The Pirates are 6-6, and the math adds up - they've either swept or been swept in every series this season. "We've played pretty well", Maddon said.
"It's insane. We've either gotten swept or we've swept so far this season", Mercer said.
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Today's finale is a 1:20 p.m. CT first pitch.
The Cubs have blown a save opportunity in three consecutive games for the first time since May 2000.
Indians 13, Tigers 6: Jose Ramirez was 4 for 4 with a pair of three-run homers for Cleveland, and Detroit ace Justin Verlander matched a career high by allowing nine runs. "That's all", Maddon said.
Miami Marlins' Ichiro Suzuki, of Japan, looks out from the dugout before the start of a baseball game against the New York Mets, Sunday, April 16, 2017, in Miami.
I said I was going to try to not make comparisons between the 2017 Cubs and the 2016 club, because a year ago was special and unique and that's not fair to the two teams and the two seasons.
NOTES: Pirates OF Gregory Polanco was a late scratch from the lineup because of right groin discomfort. NY chased Adam Wainwright (0-3) in the fifth and finished a three-game sweep that left St. Louis at 3-9, the worst record in the National League and its poorest start since 1988. Frazier started in his place.
Cubs: RHP John Lackey (1-1, 3.00) is set to begin a three-game series against the Brewers and RHP Chase Anderson (1-0, 0.69).
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