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By the time Arrieta was two strikeouts into retiring the side in the ninth, the full-house crowd at Wrigley was on its feet in deafening support.

Vogelsong hadn t started a game since July 11 and was coming off a blown save in his last relief appearance, but he has flashed such bat-breaking stuff that the coaching staff retained its high confidence in him. Reliever Justin Grimm recorded the final out in the eighth. Then,...

The Giants did not have a chance almost so ripe against Jake Arrieta, who fired 72/3 shutout innings and has a 1.23 ERA over his last 10 starts. Rondon came in with a runner on second and retired the final two batters before working the ninth for his second save in as many games....

Milwaukee has lost the first three games of the series against the Cubs and nine of the team’s last 11 games.