Ian Happ homered and 5 Chicago pitchers mixed to throw a five-hit shutout on Thursday because the visiting Cubs prevented a sweep with a 2-0 victory over the Atlanta Braves.
Ben Brown began and tossed 4 innings for the Cubs, putting out seven and strolling one whereas permitting only one hit. Hoby Milner (1-0) threw two scoreless frames earlier than Phil Maton and Jacob Webb dealt with one inning apiece.
Daniel Palencia pitched the ninth inning and registered his third save of the yr for the Cubs, who snapped a season-worst four-game shedding streak.
Chris Sale (6-3) threw six innings, permitting one unearned run on 5 hits, putting out eight and strolling a pair for the Braves, who had their four-game profitable streak snapped.
Brown delivered 65 pitches earlier than he was changed by Milner. The primary Chicago reliever tossed an ideal fifth, together with an inning-ending strikeout of Mike Yasztremski.
Within the sixth, Happ labored a leadoff stroll earlier than Atlanta shortstop Ha-Seong Kim’s throwing error on Seiya Suzuki’s grounder put runners on the corners.
Matt Shaw then grounded right into a forceout to drive within the recreation’s first run. Sale struck out Michael Busch and Dansby Swanson to finish the inning.
Atlanta’s Reynaldo Lopez took over for Sale within the seventh, and he labored round a one-out stroll to protect the one-run deficit.
Maton entered within the seventh for Chicago, permitting a two-out single to Dominic Smith in an in any other case clear body.
Happ’s tenth homer of the yr, a leadoff shot off Lopez within the eighth, doubled the lead.
Chicago’s pitching workers mixed for 13 strikeouts in opposition to one stroll to restrict the Braves’ league-leading scoring offense. Atlanta had a success in every of the ultimate 4 innings however managed a number of baserunners simply as soon as, within the second inning.
The Braves had been hitless in six at-bats with runners in scoring place and stranded seven runners. They had been shut out for the second time this season and the primary time in additional than a month.
–Area Stage Media
