Cardinals, Cubs Go Down In Defeat

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Published on September 24 2020 6:51 am
Last Updated on September 24 2020 6:51 am

It was a loss for the St. Louis Cardinals in more than one way.It was a loss for the St. Louis Cardinals in more than one way.

Suffering a 12-3 defeat at the hands of Kansas City Wednesday, the Cardinals not only lost the game but lost pitcher Carlos Martinez.

Martinez went five innings, giving up nine hits, two walks and striking out three. But on his final pitch, he fell off the mound and had to exit the contest after he grabbed his left side suffering a mid-back strain.

The loss of both the contest and Martinez left the Cardinals at 7-6 on their longest road trip of the season.

Kansas City finished with 14 hits that included four doubles, a triple and a home run.

 

Pittsburgh 2, Chicago 1

Kyle Hendricks had a rough first inning, settled to go 7.2 innings allowing seven hits, one walk and three strikeouts. However the damage was done and the Chicago Cubs couldn't get on track offensively to help out in the loss to PIttsburgh, 2-1.

Hendricks gave up back-to-back home runs to Adam Frazier and Ke'Bryan Hayes. That was after the Cubs scored their lone score on a solo shot by Anthony Rizzo to give Hendricks the lead in the top of the first.

But the Pirates came back to move ahead 2-1 and that's where the scoring ended for the game.

 

Rays Win AL East Title

The Tampa Bay Rays won the American League East title Wednesday night for the first time in 10 years with an 8-5 win over the New York Mets. The Rays also won the AL East in 2008 and 2010.

 

Major League Baseball

Wednesday, September 28 Scoreboard

Kansas City 12, St. Louis 3

Pittsburgh 2, Chicago Cubs 1

Cleveland 3, Chicago White Sox 2

Toronto 14, New York Yankees 1

Los Angeles Angels 5, San Diego 2

Philadelphia 12, Washington 3

Arizona 7, Texas 3

Cincinnati 6, Milwaukee 1

Seattle 3, Houston 2

Atlanta 9, Miami 4

Tampa Bay 9, New York Mets 5

Boston 9, Baltimore 1

Minnesota 7, Detroit 6

Oakland 6, Los Angeles Dodgers 4

San Francisco 7, Colorado 2

 

Thursday, September 24 Schedule (All Times Central)

Chicago Cubs at Pittsburgh, 12:35 p.m.

Colorado at San Francisco, 2:45 p.m.

New York Mets at Washington, 5:50 p.m.

Chicago White Sox at Cleveland, 5:10 p.m.

New York Yankees at Toronto, 5:37 p.m.

Miami at Atlanta, 6:10 p.m.

Baltimore at Boston, 6:30 p.m.

Detroit at Kansas City, 7:05 p.m.

Houston at Texas, 7:05 p.m.

Milwaukee at St. Louis, 7:15 p.m.

Oakland at Los Angeles Dodgers, 8:40 p.m.

                   Major League Baseball Standings

                             NATIONAL LEAGUE

NL CENTRAL
                                                             W      L      PCT.      GB

Chicago Cubs                                      32      24      .571      ---

St. Louis                                              27      26      .509      3.5

Cincinnati                                            29      28      .491      4.5

Milwaukee                                          27      28      .491      4.5

Pittsburgh                                           17      39      .304    15.0

NL EAST
                                                             W      L      PCT.      GB

Atlanta                                                 34      22      .607      ---

Miami                                                  28      28      .500      6.0

Philadelphia                                        28      29      .491      6.5

New York Mets                                   25      31      .446      9.0

Washington                                        23      33      .411     11.0

NL WEST

                                                             W      L      PCT.      GB

Los Angeles Dodgers                         39      17      .696      ---

San Diego                                          34      22      .607      5.0

San Francisco                                    28      27     .509     19.5

Colorado                                             24      21      .436    14.5

Arizona                                               22      34      .393    17.0

                                      AMERICAN LEAGUE

AL EAST

                                                             W      L      PCT.      GB

Tampa Bay                                          37      20      .649      ---

New York Yankees                              32      24      .571      4.5

Toronto                                                29      27      .518      7.5

Baltimore                                             23      33      .411    13.5

Boston                                                 22      34      .393    14.5

AL CENTRAL

                                                             W      L      PCT.      GB

Minnesota                                           35      22      .614      ---

Chicago White Sox                             34      22      .607      0.5

Cleveland                                           32      24      .571      2.5

Kansas City                                       23      33      .411     11.5

Detroit                                                22      32      .407    11.5

AL WEST

                                                             W      L      PCT.      GB

Oakland                                              34      21      .618      ---

Houston                                              28      28      .500      6.5

California                                            26      31      .4765      9.0

Seattle                                                25      31      .446      9.5

Texas                                                  19      37      .339     15.5