Mark Leiter Jr. threw 5⅓ stable innings of emergency aid, Nico Hoerner and Patrick Wisdom every had two hits and the Chicago Cubs capitalized on a pair of errors and beat the Boston Red Sox 3-1 on Saturday night time at Wrigley Field.
Four pitchers mixed to restrict the Red Sox to 5 hits because the Cubs gained for the fifth time in six video games.
David Robertson recorded 4 outs for his eleventh save in 14 possibilities. He gave up a double earlier than hanging out Rafael Devers and J.D. Martinez and labored round a stroll, coaxing a flyout to finish the sport.
Jackie Bradley Jr., Jarren Duran and Devers doubled for the the Red Sox, who’ve dropped 4 of 5. They went 20-6 in June however have misplaced two straight within the collection.
Cubs starter Alec Mills exited with decrease again ache after throwing simply seven pitches. Mills, 30, struck out Duran and left after permitting a double to Devers. Leiter Jr. got here on and struck out Martinez and acquired Xander Bogaerts to fly out, ending the inning.
“That was awesome,” Mills mentioned. “What he did was special.”
Leiter Jr. (2-2) allowed three hits, struck out 5 and walked one.
“It was nice to feel that emotion,” mentioned Leiter Jr., who exited to an ovation from the group. “Proud of being able to hold us where we were and not have to run through other guys and really use a lot of arms.”
Mills was activated June 7 after spending time on the 60-day injured for a proper quadriceps pressure. He mentioned the ache is “a very similar feeling” to his earlier damage.
“The pitch to Duran on the strikeout was when I initially felt a little bit of something,” Mills mentioned. “It didn’t get any better, thought maybe I could get through it.”
The Cubs went forward 2-0 within the second after two errors. Wisdom singled and superior on third baseman Devers’ throwing error. Wisdom then scored on pitcher Josh Winckowski’s throwing error to first on a bunt single by Hoerner, who went to 3rd on a groundout and scored on Narciso Crook’s sacrifice fly.
The Red Sox minimize the result in one within the sixth, chasing Leiter. Bradley Jr. led off with a double, superior on Duran’s single and scored on a double play.
Pinch runner Nelson Velázquez stole second, superior on a wild pitch and scored on Wisdom’s single off Tanner Houck within the eighth.
Winckowski (3-2), a rookie, gave up two runs, one earned, and 6 hits in six innings. He struck out six and walked one. He was attempting to win his fourth straight begin since being recalled from Triple A on June 15.
“I felt really good,” he mentioned. “This is probably the best my location has felt since being up here in terms of working both sides of the plate and landing the slider whenever I needed a strike.”
Winckowski mentioned pitching at Wrigley Field was “a little underwhelming.”
“Fenway (Park) kind of has a presence to it,” he mentioned. “I really didn’t get that here, to be honest. I said to my mom last night, this place is very stock standard.”⅓
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