Hayden Wesneski, Cubs blank Angels 5-0
Hayden Wesneski threw 6 1/3 innings, Michael Busch hit a two-run home run and the Chicago Cubs shut out the Los Angeles Angels 5-0 on Sunday.
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Hayden Wesneski threw 6 1/3 innings, Michael Busch hit a two-run home run and the Chicago Cubs shut out the Los Angeles Angels 5-0 on Sunday.
Eloy Jiménez and Zach Remillard had two-run singles in the third inning and the Chicago White Sox beat Los Angeles 9-7 on Thursday, overcoming Shohei Ohtani's Angels-record 14th homer in June.
Lucas Giolito (6-5) struck out nine, going seven innings for the fourth time this season.
On Tuesday, the superstar from Japan used them to accomplish something that had not been done by an American League pitcher in nearly 60 years.
Dylan Cease struck out 10 in six-plus innings, giving up one run, five hits and one walk.
Lance Lynn allowed eight runs, eight hits and two walks while hitting two batters in four innings, raising his ERA to 6.55.
The White Sox turned it around in a big way, scoring five runs in the fourth against Tyler Anderson (2-1).
Hendriks pitched the eighth in his first big league appearance since he was diagnosed with stage 4 non-Hodgkins lymphoma.
Michael Kopech (2-5) yielded five hits and two walks over 5 1/3 innings for the White Sox, who have lost six of eight.
Robert's majestic 448-foot shot off Oliver Ortega (1-3) highlighted Chicago's dismantling of the Halos' perpetually poor pitching staff.
Taylor Ward hit a go-ahead double in the seventh inning, Noah Syndergaard snapped a four-game losing streak and the Los Angeles Angels rallied for a victory over the Chicago White Sox on Monday night.
The Angels are in a 3-16 skid overall since May 15, when they were 24-13.
Kendall Graveman pitched the eighth and Hendriks recorded his fifth save in the combined two-hitter.
Tim Anderson had two hits for the White Sox.
Chicago White Sox pitcher Mike Wright was suspended for three games and manager Tony La Russa for one on Saturday by Major League Baseball, which concluded Wright intentionally threw at the Los Angeles Angels' Shohei Ohtani.
The White Sox have dropped six consecutive series against the Angels dating to 2016, and they're 4-15 in their last 19 games against them.
Brandon Marsh hit a tiebreaking solo homer off Michael Kopech in the eighth inning, and the Los Angeles Angels beat the Chicago White Sox on Wednesday night.
Rookie Gavin Sheets hit a long three-run homer and had four RBIs in his first three-hit game, and the White Sox beat the Los Angeles Angels on Tuesday night in Joe Maddon's first game back in Chicago.
This week's baseball report looks at the Los Angeles Angels without Trout, the San Diego Padres' impressive homestand, and Juan Soto's gaffe that could have been much worse.
Shohei Ohtani hit a 451-foot homer and pitched two-hit ball into the fifth inning in a historic two-way performance, and Jared Walsh hit a walkoff homer in the Los Angeles Angels' victory over the Chicago White Sox on Sunday night.
The Los Angeles Angels, helped by a flyball that bounced off the head of White Sox center fielder Luis Robert, beat hot-hitting Yermín Mercedes and Chicago Saturday night.
The White Sox are in California, where they'll face the Angels on Thursday night.
David Ross and the Cubs visited former Cubs skipper Joe Maddon and the Los Angeles Angels in Tempe, Arizona on Monday.
The Cubs faced former skipper Joe Maddon's Los Angeles Angels in Spring Training action Sunday afternoon.
Tony La Russa and the White Sox visited Joe Maddon's Los Angeles Angels in Cactus League baseball on Monday.
