Quintana shines on Cubs debut
BALTIMORE: Jose Quintana dazzled in his debut for the Chicago Cubs, striking out a season-high 12 in seven innings to beat the Baltimore Orioles 8-0 Sunday for a threegame sweep.
Acquired by the World Series champions during the All-Star break from the Chicago White Sox for a play-off push, Quintana (1-0) allowed three hits, walked none and joined Matt Garza as the only pitchers in Cubs history to fan 12 in their debut.
Kris Bryant and Anthony Rizzo homered to help the Cubs move over .500 for the first time since June 29. The Cubs hit 10 home runs during the sweep.
Ubaldo Jimenez (4-5) allowed six runs and 11 hits, one shy of tying a career-high, over 3 2/3 innings.
In Miami, Justin Turner homered and singled to increase his batting average t o .374, and Los Angeles won for the 29th time in 33 games, including nine in a row, 3-2 against the Marlins.
Five Los Angeles pitchers combined for 16 strikeouts with no walks. Kenley Jansen got the four outs for his 23rd save in as many chances as the Dodgers (64-29) climbed 35 games above .500 for the first time since 1977 by completing their big league-high 11th sweep.
Giancarlo Stanton lost his glove over the 8½-foot wall in right field trying unsuccessfully to catch a triple by Chris Taylor.
Rich Hill (6-4) allowed one run and struck out nine in five innings.
Chris O’Grady (1-1), making his second big league start, gave up three runs in five innings.