All posts about Major League Baseball by the Chicago Journal.
Cubs
The Cubs got on the board first thanks to Villar’s third-inning RBI single. They have held a lead in each of their first eight games, though they dropped to 4-4. The 1938 Cubs hold the team record for most consecutive games with a lead to start the season with 19.
White Sox
Michael Kopech threw five solid innings and Abreu homered for the first time this season. The White Sox have won six of seven and are off to a 6-2 start for the first time since 2016 despite several key injuries.
Cubs
The Cubs went ahead with two runs in the second and another in the third, but the Rockies got to Stroman in the fourth.
White Sox
The 26-year-old Burger was a first-round pick in 2017 but didn't play at all between 2018-20 due to injuries — including tearing his left Achilles tendon twice — and the pandemic. He now has a pair of two-hit games in five appearances this season.
Cubs
Suzuki extended his hitting streak to six games since joining the majors from Japan and drove in his 10th run when the Cubs collected five straight hits against Kyle Freeland (0-2).
White Sox
Winds reached 60mph at peak today and third-baseman Jake Burger said, “You see the ball change five different directions when it’s in the air, it’s tough to determine where it’s going to come down.
White Sox
The start of the game was delayed for 47 minutes, and it rained for much of the night, but Chicago won its fourth straight since the loss at Detroit on opening day. Keuchel pitched five innings of three-run ball in career win No. 100.
Cubs
Willson Contreras put the Cubs ahead with a 453-foot homer in the first but Pittsburgh got to Chicago starter Kyle Hendricks for six runs on seven hits and four walks in 3 2/3 innings.
Cubs
Suzuki connected for leadoff shots in the fifth and seventh. One of the top players in Japan, Suzuki signed an $85 million, five-year contract with the Cubs last month.
White Sox
Luis Robert hit his first home run of the season, a tiebreaking drive in the sixth inning that led the White Sox over the Seattle Mariners 3-2 on Tuesday in their home opener and extended their winning streak to three.
Cubs
Seiya Suzuki hit his first major league homer for Chicago, and Marcus Stroman pitched five effective innings in his Cubs debut. The Cubs were trying to go 3-0 for the first time since 2016.
White Sox
Anderson is hitting .346 with 26 doubles and 79 runs in 90 career games against the Tigers. White Sox starter Michael Kopech allowed one run on two hits and two walks in four innings, striking out three.