CHICAGO — Chicago Cubs pitcher Travis Wood (Bryant) and three other relievers combined to hold the Los Angeles Dodgers hitless for seven innings after starter Jason Hammel left with cramps, and the Cubs beat the Dodgers 2-0 in a one-hit victory Monday.
Hammel exited after his right hamstring cramped while warming up for the third inning. Wood (3-0) pitched four innings in his longest stint of the season.
“I think it’s truly Travis Wood’s day,” Cubs manager Joe Maddon said. “He set that whole game up. Period.”
Wood retired 12 consecutive batters, striking out four on the way to earning the victory. Wood threw 43 pitches, 35 for strikes.
“He was so pitch-efficient. He allowed us to do what we did,” Maddon said.
Justin Grimm, Pedro Strop and Hector Rondon pitched one inning each for the Cubs, with Rondon getting his ninth save. He has converted 20 consecutive save opportunities dating to Aug. 14, 2015.
Ben Zobrist extended his hitting streak to 16 games, tying a career high. He singled leading off the fifth and reached third when right fielder Yasiel Puig misplayed the ball. He scored on Jason Heyward’s infield single.
Anthony Rizzo drove home Heyward with a double to right.
Zobrist has reached base in his past 35 starts, the longest streak by a Cub since Starlin Castro’s 40 in 2011.
CARDINALS 6, BREWERS 0 Matt Carpenter had four hits and scored three times, Carlos Martinez pitched eight innings and visiting St. Louis beat Milwaukee. Martinez (5-5) allowed 5 singles, walked 1 and struck out 8.
BRAVES 5, GIANTS 3 Mallex Smith hit a threerun triple in the second inning, Mike Foltynewicz continued his recent upswing by allowing only 3 hits and 1 run in 6-plus innings and host Atlanta beat San Francisco.
REDS 11, ROCKIES 8 Adam Duvall had his first career two-home run game, Joey Votto hit his 200th home run and Eugenio Suarez also went deep in visiting Cincinnati’s victory over Colorado. Zack Cozart also hit a home run for the Reds.
NATIONALS 4, PHILLIES 3 Daniel Murphy hit a solo home run and a tiebreaking two-run single and visiting Washington beat Philadelphia.
PIRATES 10, MARLINS 0 Jeff Locke pitched a three-hitter and visiting Pittsburgh shut out Miami. Gregory Polanco’s grand slam, Sean Rodriguez’s two-run home run, and David Freese’s four hits helped power the offense for the Pirates.
AMERICAN LEAGUE
RED SOX 7, ORIOLES 2 Xander Bogaerts extended his hitting streak to 23 games, Jackie Bradley put visiting Boston ahead with a sixth-inning home run and the Red Sox beat Baltimore. ATHLETICS 3, TWINS 2 Coco Crisp hit a leadoff home run, Khris Davis hit a tiebreaking sacrifice fly in the sixth inning and host Oakland beat Minnesota. Jed Lowrie added two hits and scored the game-winning run for Oakland.
RANGERS 9, INDIANS 2 Nomar Mazara hit a three-run home run, Ian Desmond had a two-run shot and visiting Texas beat Cleveland.
BLUE JAYS 4, YANKEES 2 Marco Estrada (3-2) pitched eight scoreless innings, Ryan Goins homered and host Toronto beat New York for its fifth victory in six games.
ROYALS 6, RAYS 2 Eric Hosmer hit a threerun home run after Lorenzo Cain drove in the go-ahead run in a four-run eighth inning and host Kansas City beat Tampa Bay.
ANGELS 5, TIGERS 1 Jhoulys Chacin (1-1) threw a four-hitter to win a duel with Justin Verlander (4-5), and Cliff Pennington’s tiebreaking RBI single during a five-run eighth inning propelled host Los Angeles over Detroit.
INTERLEAGUE
METS 1, WHITE SOX 0 Matt Harvey (4-7) rediscovered his form with seven dominant innings of two-hit ball, Neil Walker homered off Jose Quintana, and host New York beat Chicago to send the reeling White Sox to their seventh consecutive loss. ASTROS 8, DIAMONDBACKS 3 Collin McHugh struck out eight in his first career complete game, Jason Castro had three RBI and visiting Houston beat Arizona.
MARINERS 9, PADRES 3 Kyle Seager’s tworun home run in the sixth snapped a 2-2 tie and Dae-Ho Lee’s three-run home run capped a five-run eighth inning to help host Seattle beat San Diego.
Sports on 05/31/2016