ARRIETA, RIZZO LEAD CUBS OVER JAYS
CHICAGO » Jake Arrieta pitched into the seventh inning and allowed a run, Javier Baez homered and drove in three runs, and the Chicago Cubs beat the Toronto Blue Jays 7-4 on Friday in a rare interleague matchup.
Anthony Rizzo went 2 for 4 with two RBIs, Victor Caratini went 3 for 3, and Jason Heyward and Albert Almora Jr. each had an RBI single for Chicago.
Arrieta (13-8) allowed one run and six hits in 6 1/3 innings to win his third straight start. Wade Davis got the final three outs for his 25th save.
Ryan Goins had a tworun single and Kevin Pillar added an RBI double to highlight a three-run eighth for the Blue Jays. Miguel Montero, who began the season with the Cubs, went 2 for 4 with a run scored against his former team.
This is Toronto’s second visit to Wrigley Field and first since June 2005.
Blue Jays starter J.A. Happ (6-9) allowed five runs and nine hits in five innings to snap a three-game winning streak. L.A. Dodgers at Detroit N.Y. Yankees at Boston Seattle at Tampa Bay Chicago White Sox at Texas Arizona at Minnesota Oakland at Houston Cleveland at Kansas City
Saturday’s games
Toronto (Tepesch 1-2) at Chicago Cubs (Quintana 7-10), 2:20 p.m.
L.A. Dodgers (Ryu 4-6) at Detroit (Fulmer 10-10), 4:05 p.m.
Seattle (Miranda 7-6) at Tampa Bay (Odorizzi 6-6), 6:10 p.m.
L.A. Angels (Ramirez 10-10) at Baltimore (Gausman 9-8), 7:05 p.m.
Arizona (Greinke 14-5) at Minnesota (Berrios 10-5), 7:10 p.m.
N.Y. Yankees (Sabathia 9-5) at Boston (Sale 14-4), 7:10 p.m.
Oakland (Graveman 3-3) at Houston (McHugh 0-2), 7:10 p.m. Cleveland (Bauer 11-8) at Kansas City (Vargas 14-6), 7:15 p.m.
Chicago White Sox (Holland 6-12) at Texas (Perez 7-10), 8:05 p.m. Washington Miami Atlanta New York Philadelphia Chicago Milwaukee St. Louis Pittsburgh Cincinnati Los Angeles Arizona Colorado San Diego San Francisco
Thursday’s games
Arizona 4, Houston 0 Cincinnati 13, Chicago Cubs 10 Atlanta 10, Colorado 4
St. Louis 11, Pittsburgh 7 N.Y. Yankees 7, N.Y. Mets 5 Washington 2, San Diego 1 San Francisco 5, Philadelphia 4
Friday’s games
Chicago Cubs 7, Toronto 4 St. Louis at Pittsburgh L.A. Dodgers at Detroit Miami at N.Y. Mets Cincinnati at Atlanta Arizona at Minnesota Milwaukee at Colorado Washington at San Diego Philadelphia at San Francisco
Saturday’s games
85 67 67 54 49 34 54 54 67 74 .714 .554 .554 .446 .398 _ 19 19 32 38 Toronto (Tepesch 1-2) at Chicago Cubs (Quintana 7-10), 2:20 p.m.
L.A. Dodgers (Ryu 4-6) at Detroit (Fulmer 10-10), 4:05 p.m.
St. Louis (Wacha 9-5) at Pittsburgh (Kuhl 5-8), 4:05 p.m.
Arizona (Greinke 14-5) at Minnesota (Berrios 10-5), 7:10 p.m. Cincinnati (Stephenson 0-4) at Atlanta (Teheran 7-10), 7:10 p.m.
Miami (Worley 2-2) at N.Y. Mets (Montero 1-8), 7:10 p.m.
Milwaukee (Woodruff 1-1) at Colorado (Bettis 0-0), 8:10 p.m. Washington (Strasburg 10-3) at San Diego (Wood 2-4), 8:40 p.m. Philadelphia (Eickhoff 3-7) at San Francisco (Stratton 1-2), 9:05 p.m.