Pederson, Arrieta Lead Cubs To 3-1 Win Over Darvish, Padres
The Cubs beat the Padres five times in six games in a 10-day stretch, including a three-game sweep at Wrigley Field last week.
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The Cubs beat the Padres five times in six games in a 10-day stretch, including a three-game sweep at Wrigley Field last week.
It capped a three-run seventh that allowed Chicago to put it away.
The AL Central-leading White Sox won their fourth straight and improved to 7-1 in their last eight.
Kris Bryant also went deep as Chicago won for the seventh time in eight games.
The Cubs won for the 10th time in 12 games even though they managed just three hits.
Javier Báez hit reverse and chaos ensued, as tends to happen whenever the livewire Chicago Cubs shortstop is on the basepaths.
The Cardinals also denied White Sox skipper Tony La Russa a sweep in his first series managing against St. Louis, the franchise the Hall of Famer guided to two World Series championships from 1996 to 2011.
Josh Bell and Kyle Schwarber hit back-to-back homers for Washington in the first, but Joe Ross lasted just 3 2/3 innings in his second straight loss.
Chicago won for the 20th time in 28 games.
Nick Madrigal had three hits, including his first major league homer, and Danny Mendick launched his first career grand slam as the Chicago White Sox beat the struggling Minnesota Twins 16-4 on Monday night.
Willson Contreras, Jason Heyward and Javier Báez homered off Jon Lester in his return to Chicago, and the Cubs beat the Washington Nationals 7-3 on Monday.
Abreu left with a facial bruise and cut, along with a bruised left knee.
Lance Lynn struck out nine in five innings for Chicago, which has won seven of eight while sweeping two straight series.
Joc Pederson drove in the Cubs' only run with a double in the sixth.
Javier Báez and David Bote had two hits each. Chicago got back to .500 at 16-16.
Cincinnati's Sonny Gray and Chicago's Dallas Keuchel both pitched shutout ball, allowing two hits each in seven innings.
The Dodgers lost for the seventh time in nine games.
Anthony Rizzo, Javier Báez and Willson Contreras also connected for Chicago, which was coming off a three-game sweep of the New York Mets. Nico Hoerner had three hits in his first start of the season.
Burnes' performance helped the Brewers take two of three in the series and gain a measure of revenge one day after an emotionally charged 3-2 loss to the Cubs.
Major League Baseball is not mandating COVID-19 vaccines, but the White Sox have really embraced the opportunity.
Kris Bryant and Anthony Rizzo also homered for Chicago as the Cubs pounded out a season-high 11 hits against Tyler Anderson (0-2) and four Pittsburgh relievers.
A crowd of 10,343 dressed in winter jackets, hooded sweatshirts and hats for the return of fans to Wrigley after they were kept out last summer because of the pandemic.
The Chicago Cubs' opening day is April 1, and there will be fans in the stands. Some business owners say six days of back to back games are very welcome after a year of virtually no business.
Rizzo has a $16.5 million salary this season. He set a deadline of opening day for a new agreement.
Kris Bryant reiterated Thursday that he is willing to talk about a long-term deal with the Cubs.
