Cubs rally for wild win
Javy Baez had a three-run double as the Cubs scored nine times in the eighth inning on just three hits, rallying past the wild Atlanta Braves 14-10 yesterday in cold, wet and windy conditions at Wrigley Field in Chicago.
The Cubs trailed 9-1 in the third inning, were still down 10-2 in the sixth and went into the eighth behind 105. Chicago then used five walks, two hit batters, an error and a wild pitch to come back against four Atlanta relievers — all nine runs scored after there were two outs.
Baez drove in four runs, with his bases-clearing double making it 1010. Ben Zobrist had three hits and two RBI for the Cubs.
Ozzie Albies had three hits, including a homer, and drove in four runs for the Braves. Dansby Swanson and Nick Markakis had two hits and two RBI apiece for Atlanta.
Despite a temperature of 38 degrees, a 24 mph wind and a steady mist at the start, the decision was made to play mainly because this was Atlanta’s only visit to Chicago and the forecast for today was worse.
Cardinals 6, Reds 1 — Host Cincinnati sunk to its worst start since 1931, losing its seventh in a row when Greg Garcia hit two home runs for the first time in his career and led St. Louis to a win.
The Reds fell to a major leagueworst 2-12. Not since the Great Depression when the Reds lost 17 of their first 19 had they begun so badly.
The Cardinals are heading in the opposite direction, winning a season-high three in a row with an offense that’s finally rounding into form. They’ve scored 24 runs and piled up eight homers — by six different players — during the first three games of the series.
Nationals 6, Rockies 2 — Max Scherzer dominated after an early hiccup, striking out 11 and retiring his final 20 batters as Washington ended a three-game skid by beating visiting Colorado.
Scherzer (3-1) issued a one-out walk in the first inning and Charlie Blackmon followed with a home run. That was all the Rockies managed against Scherzer, who has won the last two NL Cy Young Awards.
Brewers 5, Mets 1 — Chase Anderson breezed into the seventh inning, Jonathan Villar sliced a three-run homer inside the foul pole and visiting Milwaukee stopped New York’s nine-game winning streak.
Pirates 1, Marlins 0 — Corey Dickerson’s bunt single in the ninth inning scored the only run and Pittsburgh won a game of small ball, beating host Miami.
In the ninth, Starling Marte reached on a bunt. Josh Bell followed with an infield hit that sent Marte to third, Dickerson then popped up a bunt that landed between the pitcher and second baseman as Marte scored.
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Phillies 9, Rays 4 — In St.Petersburg, Fla., Jake Arrieta won his first game for Philadelphia and rookies J.P. Crawford and Scott Kingery drove in two runs each in a win over Tampa Bay. It was the fifth straight win for the Phillies.
Arrieta (1-0) gave up three runs in 62⁄3 innings after being spotted a 6-0 lead in the second.
Odubel Herrera had three of the Phillies’ 13 hits.
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Rangers 6, Astros 5 — Ronald Guzman’s first career homer tied the game in the eighth inning, and he put the visitors ahead with an infield single in the 10th as Texas rallied from five runs down to beat Houston.
The Rangers, who snapped a fivegame losing streak, loaded the bases with one out off Will Harris (0-1) before Guzman sent a hard grounder up the middle that Harris tried to grab. It ricocheted off Harris’ glove, allowing Jurickson Profar to score. Harris struck out Ryan Rua and induced a groundout by Juan Centeno to end the inning.
Angels 5, Royals 3 — Mike Trout, Justin Upton and Luis Valbuena homered as Los Angeles won its seventh straight, beating the host Kansas City with the final innings played with snow falling.
The Angels won their ninth consecutive road game as Trout hit his AL-leading sixth homer.
Blue Jays-Indians, ppd. — Rain forced the postponement of Toronto’s game in Cleveland.
Yankees-Tigers, ppd. — Bad weather forced the postponement of New York’s game in Detroit. The teams will try to play a split doubleheader today.
White Sox-Twins, ppd. — Due to snow, Minnesota postponed the final three games of a four-game series against Chicago in Minneapolis.