Cubs put SS Dansby Swanson on IL, activate OF Seiya Suzuki
returning to play from 2011-12.
The Chicago Cubs placed shortstop Dansby Swanson on the 10-day injured list prior to Friday night’s game against the Pittsburgh Pirates and activated outfielder Seiya Suzuki off the same list. Swanson, 30, sprained his right knee earlier this week and the move was retroactive to Wednesday. Suzuki had been sidelined with a right oblique strain. Swanson is batting just .209 with four homers and 12 RBIs in 37 games.
Friday’s games
White Sox 6, Guardians 3: Korey Lee and Paul DeJong connected on back-toback home runs and Garrett Crochet struck out a career-high 11 in six shutout innings to lift host Chicago to its fifth win in seven games after winning just six in the first 32. Chicago secured at least a split of the four-game series. In addition to the long-ball heroics from Lee and DeJong to start the seventh, Andrew Vaughn blasted his first home run of the season leading off the eighth.
Twins 3, Blue Jays 2: Carlos Santana hit the go-ahead home run in the fifth, Joe Ryan pitched seven strong innings and visiting Minnesota won for the 16th time in 18 games. Isiah Kiner-Falefa drove in both of the Blue Jays’ runs, including one on a solo homer, in the opener of a three-game series. The Blue Jays have lost 11 of their past 15 games.
Nationals 5, Red Sox 1: Patrick Corbin pitched five innings to earn his first victory of the season as visiting Washington handed Boston its sixth loss in seven games. Corbin (1-3) limited Boston to a run on seven hits. He struck out four and walked one. Fifty-four of his 86 pitches were strikes.
Orioles 4, Diamondbacks 2: Baltimore left-hander Cole Irvin had another solid outing by working 52⁄3 innings as the host Orioles won for the sixth time in their past seven games. Ketel Marte homered and Lourdes Gurriel Jr. had two hits for Arizona, which had its seasonhigh four-game winning streak snapped. Irvin exctended his scoreless streak to 22 innings before yielding a run.
Phillies 8, Marlins 2: Ranger Suarez struck out nine in seven scoreless innings, and Nick Castellanos homered in front of his hometown fans as visiting Philadelphia maintained the NL’s best record (27-12). Castellanos is from Davie, Fla., 24 miles from the Marlins’ stadium. Suarez (7-0) allowed three hits and two walks as the Phillies won for the 12th time in 14 games.
Yankees 2, Rays 0: Clarke Schmidt fired 62⁄3 scoreless innings, Anthony Rizzo drove in both runs and visiting New York stayed half a game behind Baltimore in the AL East. Schmidt (4-1) won for the third time in four starts, while limiting the Rays to five hits and two walks while striking out six in 87 pitche.