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I think that when you work hard and you do things with love, anything is possible. Escobar and the Diamondbacks will be facing Cubs right-hander Kyle Hendricks , 3. The year-old Hendricks is over his past 11 starts. Hendricks is with a 3. Escobar is 3-for-8 against Hendricks but teammates Nick Ahmed 1-for and Stephen Vogt 0-for-9 have struggled. For more information about our data practices consult our Privacy Policy.

Floundering Cubs, Diamondbacks meet as trade deadline nears Speculation persisted that the Chicago Cubs would ship away some players after the All-Star break, and they made one move a day prior to Friday's game against the Arizona Diamondbacks in Phoenix. By FLM. Jul 15, at pm ET 2 min read. The Diamondbacks hadn't announced a starter as of Thursday evening. The surprising Diamondbacks, the first team since the Chicago White Sox to have the league's best record and worst batting average, won in a fashion typical of their win regular season.

They got timely hits, good defense and terrific pitching. Chicago's run came on a bases-loaded infield single by Ryan Theriot with two outs in the sixth. Webb then struck out Zambrano, one of the game's best hitting pitchers. Only three of the Diamondbacks' starters had faced Zambrano, and Drew was not among them.

After striking out his first time up, he put Arizona ahead with a foot drive over the pool in right-center. Sandwiched around the big hit were two defensive gems by Drew at shortstop. He made a backhand stop of Geovany Soto 's grounder to end the fourth, then he robbed Zambrano of an RBI with a leaping grab of a line drive in the fifth. Zambrano doubled to start the third, but Webb fanned the top three hitters in the Cubs' lineup: Soriano, Jones and Lee.

Game notes Muhammad Ali was in attendance and was introduced to the cheering crowd in the third. Jerry Colangelo, who brought major league baseball to Phoenix and was managing general partner before a messy change of ownership three years ago, threw out the ceremonial first pitch to Randy Johnson and received a standing ovation. MLB's first labor proposal since locking out players Dec.

Nearly a month and a half since the lockout began, it's time for another update on where baseball's immediate and long-term future stands. The Atlantic League is restoring its pitching mound to 60 feet, 6 inches from home plate and returning strike zone judgment to umpires after experimenting with the rules since Skip to main content Skip to navigation.

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