Contreras helps Cubs end 4-game skid by beating Marlins 5-4

And this time, it resulted in a Marlins comeback victory.

Sure they will, given that they have already lost two of three to the Miami Marlins in this four-game set.

It didn’t, and the Miami Marlins were in business.

“We get four runs where we’re at right now as a team and four runs needs to be enough to win that game”. “This was just team”.

BREWERS 5, NATIONALS 3 Kirk Nieuwenhuis and Keon Broxton each hit home runs off Max Scherzer and Milwaukee beat visiting Washington to extend its losing streak to a season-worst six games.

YANKEES 5, TWINS 3: Dellin Betances, Andrew Miller and Aroldis Chapman combined for three innings of ideal relief for the second straight game, Rob Refsnyder hit a tiebreaking single and the Yankees took advantage of three Minnesota errors to rally for a win at NY.

The Marlins managed only two hits – one of them a Justin Bour grand slam – while losing for just the fourth time in 11 games.

PADRES 13, REDS 4: Wil Myers drove in five runs and Melvin Upton Jr. had a pair of two-run homers as San Diego scored in each of the first eight innings of a victory at Cincinnati.

Contreras started at catcher and moved to first base late in the game. “We’re just trying to go full speed ahead right now”, Russell said. Hurry back, injured Cubs, the team needs you. But closer A.J. Ramos is in position to lock up the franchise mark for consecutive saves, a fact nearly as surprising as the answer to holds the standing record.

Diamondbacks closer Brad Ziegler (2-2) ended his streak of 43 consecutive successful save attempts dating to May 29, 2015, a club record and the seventh longest ever.

“My attitude the whole season has been that it doesn’t matter how many you save in a row, it’s the next one that’s most important”, Ramos said. “I don’t know what planet that’s a hit on, by the way”. “A team like that, they’re more likely to capitalize on that”.

James Loney hit a three-run homer and Travis d’Arnaud had three RBIs to help the New York Mets to an 8-6 win over the Atlanta Braves. “I was very uncomfortable trying to run around the bases; that’s why I came out of the game”, he said.

Martin Prado tied the score in the fifth inning with a double that scored Ichiro Suzuki, who reached on an infield single on the previous at-bat.

Suzuki’s hit was his 37th career hit off Lackey and raised his career batting average against him to.306. The 28-year-old improved his career record to 5-8 with his first big-league win as a starting pitcher.Clemens, making his second start with the Marlins, was far from overpowering.

Clemens struck out five but struggled early with his command.

This infuriating game started ominously, with walking periodontal testimonial John Lackey throwing 26 pitches in the first inning and allowing a run to the ageless Ichiro Suzuki on the classic walk/stolen base/single/sac fly combination.

After giving up a solo home run to Miguel Montero in the second, Addison Russell got a hold of a Clemens fastball and sent it into the stands in left center field to give the Cubs a 4-1 lead.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – George Springer hit a grand slam and a triple in Houston’s nine-run first inning against Edinson Volquez, and the Astros routed the Kansas City Royals 13-4 on Friday night.