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Thursday’s brief start could represent Stroman’s last in a Cubs uniform.

It was just a weird year in the second half.” “I felt like I never bounced back (from the hip injury). “It was frustrating ever since the second half,” Stroman said.

His six-week stint on the injured list because of right hip inflammation and right rib cartilage fracture did not help. 315 average against and 38 innings in 11 games/nine starts. After London, Stroman recorded a 8.29 ERA. 191 average against and 98 2/3 innings in 16 starts to help him make the National League All-Star team.

Cubs braves score series#

Before his London Series outing that was cut short by a blister, Stroman posted a 2.28 ERA. Stroman’s season was a tale of two halves with his June 20 start serving as the divider. Happ’s dropped fly ball for a two-base error in the second contributed to the Braves’ damage. Matt Olson’s two-run homer in the first and a two-run second behind Michael Harris II’s RBI double and Ronald Acuña Jr.’s two-out RBI single put the Cubs in catch-up mode early. Stroman didn’t get past the second inning to end his regular season, allowing four hits and four runs (two earned) to squander a 1-0 first-inning lead from Mike Tauchman’s nifty footwork at the plate when he leaped to avoid catcher Travis d’Arnaud’s tag. Play our best brand of baseball tomorrow.” But it doesn’t change the mentality that we have to go. You play this game as hard as you can and see where it shakes out. He went to his parents' house Monday night on the off day and ate his favorite dishes of cream corn and fried okra.Added Ian Happ: “You have no choice. Swanson was born and raised in nearby Marietta and gets to spend the night in his own bed during this series. Swanson signed a $177 million, seven-year contract with Chicago during the offseason, leaving a Braves team that he helped win the 2021 World Series and 101 games last year before falling to Philadelphia in the NL Division Series. He finished 0 for 4 after striking out to end the game. The Cubs are one-half game ahead of fourth-place Miami, which was rained out at the New York Mets.Ĭubs shortstop Dansby Swanson, playing his first game on the visitors' side at Truist Park, came out of the dugout before the game to tip his cap following a video tribute and received a standing ovation when he was introduced before his first at-bat in the second inning. “Those guys kept us in the game and gave the offense a chance.”Ĭhicago, trying to make the postseason for the first time since 2020, dropped a game behind Arizona for the second of three NL wild-cards. “What a job the bullpen did tonight,” Murphy, the Braves' catcher, said of the performances by Jackson Stephens, Pierce Johnson, Hand and Iglesias. The Cubs went up 6-0 in the sixth on Ian Happ's RBI single, but that was as far as they would get.

Justin Steele gave up six hits and three runs in 5 1/3 innings. He has a 9.49 ERA in his last three starts. Suzuki made it 4-0 in the second when he tripled into the gap in right-center, and Bellinger's RBI single padded the lead to 5-0 in the fourth, a liner that chased Bryce Elder.Įlder allowed seven hits, five runs and four walks in 3 2/3 innings. The Cubs led 2-0 with two outs in the second on Yan Gomes' RBI infield single and Miles Mastrobuoni's RBI single up the middle. The Braves are three games ahead of Baltimore for the best record in the majors with five games left in the regular season. “I honestly thought it went into my glove, so it was just that split second where it just blurred my vision.”Ītlanta, already guaranteed a postseason berth for the sixth straight year, has a 4 1/2-game lead over the Los Angeles Dodgers for the NL's best record. “I was actually seeing it pretty well until the very last second,” Suzuki said through a translator. Drew Smyly (11-10) aided the comeback by throwing two wild pitches in the eighth, letting Matt Olson advance to third and setting the stage for pinch-runner Forrest Wall to steal second. Suzuki ran to his right and called off center fielder Cody Bellinger, but apparently lost the fly ball in the lights and dropped it. The victory eliminated wild-card contending Chicago from the NL Central race, giving the title to the Milwaukee Brewers. “I thought it was going to get caught, but it (was lost) in the lights or whatever happened, I don't know,” Murphy said.

ATLANTA - Sean Murphy reached on a two-run fielding error by right fielder Seiya Suzuki in the eighth inning and the major league-leading Atlanta Braves overcame a six-run deficit to beat the Chicago Cubs 7-6 on Tuesday night.