DETROIT (AP) — Ian Kinsler homered and drove in four runs, helping Detroit rally for the win.
Kinsler came into the game hitting .085 (4 for 47) in his last 13 games, but he hit a two-run homer in the fifth and added a two-run single in Detroit's four-run sixth inning.
JaCoby Jones had two hits and two RBIs for the Tigers in his major league debut. Bruce Rondon (5-2) picked up the win in relief of Daniel Norris, who allowed three runs in five innings.
Todd Frazier homered for Chicago. Matt Albers (2-6) got the loss.
Wednesday, August 31, 2016
Cubs beat Pirates 3-0
CHICAGO (AP) — Kyle Hendricks threw seven dominant innings to lower the majors' best ERA to 2.09 and Anthony Rizzo homered in the Cubs' 21st victory in August.
Hendricks (13-7) allowed three hits and walked one. Carl Edwards Jr. worked the eighth and Aroldis Chapman finished the four-hitter for his 31st save as the Cubs improved to 21-6 this month, one win shy of the best August in franchise history set in 1932.
Rizzo belted a two-run homer off Chad Kuhl (3-2) in the first and Miguel Montero added an RBI single as the Cubs improved to 84-47.
Kuhl allowed four hits in five innings as the Pirates lost their second straight after winning four in a row.
Hendricks (13-7) allowed three hits and walked one. Carl Edwards Jr. worked the eighth and Aroldis Chapman finished the four-hitter for his 31st save as the Cubs improved to 21-6 this month, one win shy of the best August in franchise history set in 1932.
Rizzo belted a two-run homer off Chad Kuhl (3-2) in the first and Miguel Montero added an RBI single as the Cubs improved to 84-47.
Kuhl allowed four hits in five innings as the Pirates lost their second straight after winning four in a row.
Tuesday, August 30, 2016
Metra train struck by lightning on North Side
NORTH SIDE, CHICAGO -- A Metra train on the Union Pacific North Line was struck by lightning Tuesday morning in the Rogers Park neighborhood on the North Side.
Outbound train No. 309, scheduled to arrive in Kenosha at 8:18 a.m., was stopped shortly before 7:30 a.m. when it was struck by lightning, causing a mechanical failure near the Rogers Park Station, 7000 N. Ravenswood Ave., according to an alert from Metra.
Metra spokesman Tom Miller said no injuries were reported.
Robbers with knives strike six times in Chicago's North Side
LINCOLN PARK -- Robbers armed with knives struck at least six times in just over an hour Monday afternoon on Chicago’s North Side, according to police.
Among the victims in the crime spree was a group of eighth-grade boys held at knifepoint near Wrightwood and Greenview Avenues in the city’s Lincoln Park neighborhood.
The suspects demanded the boys’ cellphones before taking off in a dark car, police said.
Anyone with information is asked to call Area North detectives at (312) 744-8263.
Cubs beat Pirates 8-7 in 13 innings
CHICAGO (AP) — Miguel Montero hit a game-ending RBI single in the 13th inning, and Chicago rallied for a wild win over Pittsburgh.
Dexter Fowler, Kris Bryant and Anthony Rizzo set the stage for Montero's clutch swing with consecutive RBI singles against Jeff Locke (9-8), plating the tying run. After Ben Zobrist was walked intentionally, Montero lined a clean single into left field.
Rob Zastryzny (1-0) got his first major league win despite allowing Josh Harrison's sacrifice fly in the top half of the inning. Jorge Soler and Willson Contreras homered for the Cubs, and Javier Baez collected four hits.
Pittsburgh had won eight straight road games. It fell 1 1/2 games back of St. Louis for the second NL wild card.
White Sox lose to Tigers 4-3
DETROIT (AP) — Jarrod Saltalamacchia hit a two-run homer in the bottom of the eighth inning to lift Detroit.
Justin Upton also went deep for the Tigers, who pulled within a game of Baltimore for the American League's second wild card.
Detroit trailed 3-2 after a solo homer in the seventh by Chicago's Tyler Saladino, but Saltalamacchia's towering drive to right-center off Nate Jones (5-3) put the Tigers ahead.
Justin Wilson (4-4) got the win in relief, and Francisco Rodriguez pitched a perfect ninth for his 37th save in 40 chances.
Saladino drove in all three Chicago runs. James Shields allowed two runs and six hits in six innings.
Sunday, August 28, 2016
Man shot dead in South Loop
CHICAGO -- A man was fatally shot Sunday morning in the city's South Loop neighborhood.
About 10:05am, a 45-year-old man with a gunshot wound to the head was discovered in an alley in the 1800-block of South Michigan Avenue, police said. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
A witness said they heard an argument and then a single shot fired, police said.
The Cook County Medical Examiner's Office confirmed the fatality, but did not provide additional details Sunday morning.
About 10:05am, a 45-year-old man with a gunshot wound to the head was discovered in an alley in the 1800-block of South Michigan Avenue, police said. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
A witness said they heard an argument and then a single shot fired, police said.
The Cook County Medical Examiner's Office confirmed the fatality, but did not provide additional details Sunday morning.
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