
7 overall, Horton was 5-2 with a 4.86 ERA in 14 games for the University of Oklahoma last season. The Cubs signed eight of their first 10 selections in the amateur draft, including first-round pick Cade Horton. Morel entered leading NL rookies and third among all major league rookies in extra-base hits. Neither team appeared happy with Bucknor’s strike zone throughout the evening. Ross was thrown out by plate umpire CB Bucknor for arguing after Patrick Wisdom was called out on strikes. It will be the first appearance at a Phillies game for Rose since he was banned from baseball in 1989 for admitting to betting on major league games while managing the Cincinnati Reds.
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7 alongside many of his teammates from Philadelphia’s 1980 World Series championship team. Philadelphia had a good chance to go ahead in the bottom half when pinch-hitter Matt Vierling led off with a double, but Steven Brault struck out NL home run leader Kyle Schwarber before Mychal Givens got Rhys Hoskins to ground out and Castellanos to strike out swinging.Ĭareer hits leader Pete Rose will appear during Phillies alumni weekend on Aug. Thomson lifted lefty Brad Hand for right-hander Connor Brogdon to face the right-handed-hitting Contreras, and Brogdon got Contreras to pop out. The Cubs threatened in the eighth when they loaded the bases with two outs. Morel’s sixth-inning double and Ian Happ’s seventh-inning single were the only other hits off Wheeler. Stroman lowered his road ERA to 2.30 he has a 7.94 mark at home.Ĭhicago took a 1-0 lead in the second when Hoerner drove an 89 mph slider into the seats in left. Realmuto’s single, ending the night for the Cubs’ starter after 86 pitches on a scorching evening that began with a game-time temperature of 97 degrees. I thought he was very much in control.”ĭarick Hall led off the seventh with a double against Stroman and scored on J.T. “When you get starts like that, you feel like you’re in every ballgame. Stroman matched Wheeler, pitching into the seventh and giving up one run on five hits with five strikeouts and two walks. He continued to impress against the Cubs while lowering his season ERA to 2.78 with 114 strikeouts and 22 walks in 106 2/3 innings.

“Settled in after that,” Wheeler said of the homer.Īfter finishing as the NL Cy Young Award runner-up in 2021, the Philadelphia right-hander wasn’t selected for this year’s All-Star Game despite a strong first half. Wheeler allowed only Hoerner’s homer and two other hits with six strikeouts and no walks. Wheeler and Marcus Stroman were both stellar in a starting pitchers’ duel. The Cubs improved to 4-11 in their MLB-leading 15th extra-inning game.ĭavid Robertson (3-0) tossed a perfect ninth for the win.


Zack Wheeler threw seven strong innings for the Phillies, who are in the thick of the NL wild-card race but have dropped the first two games of the series to the lowly Cubs.Ĭhicago began play with the fourth-fewest wins in the majors but won its third in a row. “Nice job by the guys putting balls in play,” said Cubs manager David Ross, who was ejected in the 10th.īohm drove in a run with a groundout in the bottom half. Bohm’s fielding error on Nelson Velázquez’s hard-hit grounder allowed two more runs to score before Willson Contreras added an RBI double to make it 6-1. The Cubs went up by two on Christopher Morel’s RBI single. Schwindel hit a high chopper off José Alvarado (3-2), and third baseman Alec Bohm’s throw home was off target. He stole third with one out and scored on Frank Schwindel’s fielder’s choice. Hoerner began the 10th as the automatic runner on second base. “I haven’t been able to get on base,” Castellanos said. 3 hole, expecting that his numbers will look similar to career averages once the season ends. Interim manager Rob Thomson said Friday he didn’t consider moving Castellanos out of the No. Hader melts down in 9th, gives Nationals 6-3 win over Padres
