Cubs’ Darvish ends his Wrigley Field drought

Kris Bryant and Addison Russell hit solo home runs, and Yu Darvish snapped his drought at Wrigley Field with six scoreless innings in the Chicago Cubs’ 5-2 win over the visiting Cincinnati Reds on Wednesday afternoon.

Darvish (3-4) turned in his second straight outing of twohit ball over six scoreless innings. He struck out seven Wednesday and got his first career win at Wrigley after 13 starts without one as a member of the Cubs. He was 0-14 lifetime at Wrigley, including a loss with the Texas Rangers in 2016.

Darvish also earned his first win this season since April 27 after 12 no-decisions and a loss. YELICH GOES YARD >> Christian Yelich homered for the third time in four days, one of two struck by Milwaukee hitters, to help the Brewers defeat the visiting Atlanta Braves 5-4.

Yelich hit a solo homer in the sixth inning against Atlanta starter Dallas Keuchel (3-3) to ignite a three-run outburst that allowed Milwaukee to put the game away and ensure a series victory. It was the 34th homer for Yelich, two shy of his career-high total from 2018, when he was the NL Most Valuable Player. PHILLIES’ NERIS SUSPENDED >> Philadelphia Phillies reliever Hector Neris has been suspended for three games and fined an undisclosed amount for throwing near the head of David Freese of the Los Angeles Dodgers on Tuesday night.

The right-hander had given up a three-run homer to Matt Beaty in the top of the ninth that gave the Dodgers an 8-6 lead before he hit Freese in the back with a fastball.

Neris was ejected, as was Phillies manager Gabe Kapler, who argued on Neris’ behalf. The Phillies rallied to win 9-8 in the bottom of the ninth on Bryce Harper’s walk-off double.

Neris denied he intended to hit Freese and will appeal the suspension from Major League Baseball.