>>Cubs Sweep DH From Redbirds
Jake Arrieta pitched into the seventh inning and added a pair of base hits, as the Chicago Cubs beat the St. Louis Cardinals, 7-4, in the opener of a day/night doubleheader at Wrigley Field.
Arrieta (9-5) won his third straight decision, allowing just two runs on seven hits over 6 2/3 innings. The right-hander struck out four and walked just two. Since losing on May 17, Arrieta is 5-1 over his last nine starts.
He also had two of Chicago's 12 hits.
Anthony Rizzo added a two-run homer and Chris Denorfia drove in three runs for the Cubs, who evened this four-game set at a game apiece. Dexter Fowler had two hits, an RBI and scored a run for Chicago.
Peter Bourjos had two hits and drove in a run and mark Reynolds connected on a two-run homer for the Cardinals, who had a three-game win streak halted.
The Cubs went ahead in the third inning when Denorfia singled home a pair of runs and then extended the lead in the sixth when Jorge Soler worked a bases- loaded walk.
All three runs were charged to St. Louis starting pitcher Tyler Lyons (2-1). The left-hander, who took the loss, allowed seven hits, struck out three and walked five over 5 2/3 innings.
The Cardinals finally got to Arrieta in the seventh, forcing him from the game after an RBI double by Bourjos and a run-scoring single by Xavier Scruggs. However, with two on and one out, reliever James Russell came on for Arrieta and struck out pinch-hitter Matt Carpenter to end the threat.
The Chicago Cubs used a three-run seventh inning en route to a 5-3 win and a doubleheader sweep over the St. Louis Cardinals on Tuesday.
Seth Maness (3-1), who relieved Cardinals starter Tim Cooney after 5 1/3 innings, allowed an RBI single to Addison Russell that tied the game at 2-2 in the seventh. Russell's hit was just inside the bag at first and Maness was then ejected by first base umpire Pat Hoberg for arguing the play.
Kevin Siegrist stepped on the hill and got Dexter Fowler to ground into a potential inning-ending double play, but his throw to second skipped into center field as the Cubs took the lead. Anthony Rizzo delivered a sacrifice fly in the next at-bat for a two-run edge. Starlin Castro accounted for the final Cubs' run with a sac fly in the eighth for the Cubs.
Travis Wood (5-3) earned the win for a scoreless seventh, Hector Rondon pitched the eighth and Jason Motte closed it out against his former team for his fifth save of the season despite giving up a run in the ninth.
Chicago got on the board in the fifth to break the scoreless draw. Castro doubled to begin the inning, then Taylor Teagarden singled him home for a 1-0 lead.
St. Louis put runners at the corners to begin the sixth and Jason Heyward tied the game with a groundout. Heyward moved to third on a pair of wild pitches before Mark Reynolds gave the Cardinals a 2-1 lead with an infield single to shortstop.
National League Scoreboard
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Cincinnati 5, Washington 0
Atlanta 4, Milwaukee 3
Pittsburgh 3, San Diego 2
Philadelphia 7, Los Angeles 2
San Francisco 3, New York 0
Boston 4, Miami 3
Arizona 4, Texas 2
LA Angels of Anaheim 10, Colorado 2
>>Jays Edge Sox
Josh Donaldson's solo home run in the fourth inning was the difference as the Toronto Blue Jays beat the Chicago White Sox 2-1 on Tuesday night.
Felix Doubront (1-0) earned the win in his first start of the season after yielding just one run, six hits and one walk in 6 2/3 innings. Doubront, who made his Blue Jays debut in a relief appearance against Detroit on Friday, had six strikeouts.
Jose Bautista knocked in the other run for the Blue Jays, who improved to 2-3 on their 10-game road trip.
Jose Quintana (4-8) was saddled with the loss despite striking out eight in eight innings. Quintana, who was 4-1 with a 1.80 ERA in six career starts vs. Toronto entering the game, gave up two runs and four hits and walked none.
The game flew by in two hours and 33 minutes -- quick by baseball standards but glacial compared to Chicago's 4-2 win in the series opener on Monday night when starters Chris Sale and Mark Buehrle pitched every inning in a game that lasted one hour and 54 minutes.
Jose Reyes led off the game with a single, stole second base and scored after consecutive groundouts to give the Blue Jays a 1-0 lead, but Chicago tied the game in the third after Gordon Beckham hit a two-out double and came home on Carlos Sanchez's single.
Donaldson, baseball's leading All-Star vote getter, lined an opposite-field home run into the Toronto bullpen behind right field leading off the fourth for his 21st home run of the season.
Roberto Osuna pitched the ninth for Toronto and gave up a leadoff single to Alexei Ramirez, who moved up to third base after a sacrifice bunt and a wild pitch. But J.B. Shuck flied out and Conor Gillaspie popped up to end the game.
American League Scoreboard
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Kansas City 9, Tampa Bay 5 (Game 1)
Kansas City 7, Tampa Bay 1 (Game 2)
Oakland 4, New York 3 (10 innings)
Cleveland 2, Houston 0
Minnesota 8, Baltimore 3
Seattle 7, Detroit 6 (11 innings)
