Escobar's 3-Run Homer Powers Twins Past White Sox 4-2
The Minnesota Twins flailed their way through seven scoreless innings against Chicago's Reynaldo Lopez, and they made two quick outs in the eighth.
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The Minnesota Twins flailed their way through seven scoreless innings against Chicago's Reynaldo Lopez, and they made two quick outs in the eighth.
Without their superstar second baseman, the Mariners have kept on winning, hoping to end the franchise's long playoff drought.
Chicago's Dylan Covey and Milwaukee's Brent Suter (5-4) each went five-plus innings.
The Chicago Cubs blanked the New York Mets 2-0 Sunday, completing a four-game sweep and winning for the seventh time in eight games.
The Cubs won for the sixth time in seven games, and moved a season-high nine games over .500.
Chicago lost for the fifth time in six games and fell to 17-38 despite a solid outing by Shields.
Every player in Chicago's lineup had at least one hit.
Kyle Schwarber entered as a defensive replacement in the sixth inning and wound up homering and driving in four runs as the Chicago Cubs rallied against a beleaguered Mets bullpen to defeat New York 7-4 Friday night.
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Jose Quintana pitched six shutout innings, Ben Zobrist hit a two-run homer and the Chicago Cubs beat the banged-up New York Mets 5-1 on Thursday night in the opener of a four-game series.
A wild goose chase (literally) in Detroit ended with a crash into one of the stadium's scoreboards.
According to the USA Today, average attendance at games this year was down six percent heading into Memorial Day Weekend.
If the Mets want to salvage the season and make a true playoff run this year, they need to start by providing Jacob deGrom the run and bullpen support that the ace deserves.
Michael Brantley, Jose Ramirez and Jason Kipnis each hit a solo home run, and the Cleveland Indians beat the Chicago White Sox 7-3 on Tuesday night.
Anthony Rizzo shook off the boos and sparked a late rally with his ninth home run of the season as the Chicago Cubs held off the reeling Pittsburgh Pirates 8-6 on Tuesday night.
Chicago's poor pitching and defense spoiled a memorable major league debut for Matt Skole, who homered and singled.
Anthony Rizzo went 3 for 4 with a home run and three RBIs, and the sleep-deprived Chicago Cubs beat the slumping Pittsburgh Pirates 7-0 on Monday.
The last-place White Sox lost for the third time in four games.
Chicago lost for the third time in four games. Javier Baez hit his team-leading 12th homer, and Kyle Schwarber homered, doubled and scored two runs.
Tim Anderson homered twice on his way to a career-high four RBIs, leading Hector Santiago and the Chicago White Sox to an 8-4 victory over the Detroit Tigers on Saturday.
Jeimer Candelario had a go-ahead RBI bloop single during a three-run eighth inning and the Detroit Tigers rallied past the Chicago White Sox 5-4 on Friday night.
The Cubs scored four in the seventh while chasing Derek Holland to grab a 5-1 lead.
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Adam Plutko carried a no-hitter into the seventh inning and Andrew Miller provided stellar relief work, helping the Cleveland Indians beat the Chicago Cubs 1-0 on Wednesday night.
Dylan Covey tossed seven strong innings for his first major league win, Yoan Moncada and Adam Engel each hit three-run homers and the Chicago White Sox pounded the Baltimore Orioles 11-1 on Wednesday night.
