Day: June 8, 2018

Happ’s third diving catch seals Cubs’ winHapp’s third diving catch seals Cubs’ win

Mike Montgomery scattered seven hits over six innings in his third start and scored a run to lead the Cubs to a 3-1 victory over the Pirates on Friday afternoon at Wrigley Field. The Cubs’ Ben Zobrist drove in two runs, hitting an RBI single in the first and a run-scoring fielder’s choice in the second off Pirates starter Chad Kuhl. Ian Happ secured the win with his third diving catch of the game, snagging Josh Harrison’s fly ball in left field.

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Nimmo connects for 1st career leadoff homerNimmo connects for 1st career leadoff homer

Before Friday’s Subway Series opener, Mets players spoke about how the pomp and circumstance of the crosstown rivalry could spark them out of a nearly season-long funk. They certainly started out the right way, as Brandon Nimmo led off the bottom of the first with an upper-deck home run off Masahiro Tanaka for his first career leadoff homer.

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