Bryant gallops home in 8th to give Cubs win over Cardinals
CHICAGO » Kris Bryant wasn’t going to let a sprained pinkie and a broken bat hold him back.
They certainly didn’t down.
Bryant raced home from first base on Anthony Rizzo’s bloop double, capping a three-run rally in the eighth inning that sent the Chicago Cubs over the St. Louis Cardinals 3-2 Saturday in the ever-tightening NL Central race.
Bryant also had a tying, broken-bat single during the comeback. The reigning NL MVP hurt his left pinkie on Wednesday and Cubs manager Joe Maddon considered him unlikely to play this game after the injury kept him out of Friday’s 11-4 loss to the Cardinals.
“KB being able to play was the difference in today’s game,” Maddon said. “The combination of the hit and his speed, I don’t think anybody else scores on that. Maybe Jason (Heyward), possibly. Happer (Ian Happ), possibly. But KB is such a good baserunner. He had it in his head the moment the ball was hit.” slow him
A classic pitchers’ duel between Jon Lester and Adam Wainwright kept it scoreless into the eighth.
After Paul DeJong and Randal Grichuk hit two-out homers off Lester for a 2-0 lead, the Cubs came back. METS 6, ATHLETICS 5 » Wilmer Flores hit a solo home run with two outs in the bottom of the ninth inning, and New York rallied from an early five-run deficit to beat Oakland for its fourth consecutive victory.
Pinch-hitter Lucas Duda delivered a tying single with two outs in the eighth off left-hander Daniel Coulombe. Jay Bruce hit a two-run homer in the sixth to begin New York’s comeback, and Jose Reyes tripled twice. MARLINS 5, REDS 4 » J.T. Realmuto hit a pair of two-run homers and a double, powering Miami to its second straight victor. GIANTS 5, PADRES 4 » Nick Hundley singled in Kelby Tomlinson with two outs in the 12th inning, lifting San Francisco over San Diego RANGERS 4, RAYS 3 » Texas turned three Tampa Bay miscues into a three-run sixth inning Rangers beat the Rays. INDIANS 2, BLUE JAYS 1 » Francisco Lindor hit a leadoff home run in the bottom of the 10th and Cleveland defeated Toronto. ROYALS 7, WHITE SOX 2 » Mike Moustakas homered twice, and Salvador Perez, Brandon Moss and Jorge Bonifacio also went deep to lead Kansas City. TWINS 6, TIGERS 5 » Kyle Gibson took a shutout into the eighth inning in his longest start of the season, Zack Granite had three of the Twins’ 14 hits. and
Yankees’ Castro headed back to disabled list
the SEATTLE » New York Yankees second baseman Starlin Castro will be placed on the disabled list with another injury to his right hamstring, manager Joe Girardi said Saturday.
Castro, activated off the disabled on July 15, reinjured his hamstring while running out a ground ball on Wednesday at Minnesota. He played in the first two games of the series at Seattle on Thursday and Friday with one hit in eight at-bats.
“We’re not sure it’s the exact same spot,” Girardi said. “He’ll probably go on the DL starting tomorrow. It’s frustrating, he’s frustrated. He had an MRI this morning and we’ve got to put him down for a bit.”