Sports Wednesday 9/12/18
12 September 2018 Sports
Sports by Wayne Mausser
Jose Quintana pitched three-hit ball into the seventh inning, Victor Caratini drove in two runs and the Chicago Cubs beat the Milwaukee Brewers 3-0 on Tuesday night to regain their two-game lead in the NL Central.
Quintana, now 13-9, continued his mastery of Milwaukee in a huge spot for Chicago (84-60), improving to 6-2 with a 1.60 ERA in 10 career starts against the Brewers. The veteran left-hander struck out seven and walked two in 6 2/3 innings in his second straight victory over Jhoulys Chacin, also winning at Milwaukee last Wednesday. Justin Wilson came in relief in the seventh to get one out and then Jorge De La Rosa pitched a perfect eighth and Pedro Strop finished the three-hitter for his 13th save in 17 chances.
Milwaukee (83-63) had won seven of eight, including a 3-2 victory in the series opener that trimmed Chicago’s division lead to one game. Chacin (14-7) pitched five innings of one-hit ball, but some sloppy play in the second proved costly for the wild card-leading Brewers.
Ben Zobrist led off with a grounder that skipped by second baseman Jonathan Schoop for an error. With one out and runners on second and third, Chacin threw the ball into center field while trying to pick off Javier Baez at second.
Zobrist scored on Chacin’s error and the Brewers brought their infield in with Caratini at the plate. The backup catcher then hit a soft liner on the 10th pitch of his at-bat that went off the glove of a leaping Schoop for an RBI single.
Caratini added a run-scoring double against Brandon Woodruff in the seventh, providing some sorely needed production at the bottom of Chicago’s lineup. It was Caratini’s first game since he had three hits and four RBI in a doubleheader at Washington on Saturday.
Brewers RHP Chase Anderson (9-7, 3.95 ERA) and Cubs RHP Kyle Hendricks (11-10, 3.71 ERA) pitch in the series finale on Wednesday night. First pitch is at 7:05.
The Packers are back on the practice field today, preparing for Sunday’s match-up at Lambeau Field against the Minnesota Vikings. More should be known today on the status of quarterback Aaron Rodgers, who injured his left knee in the first half against the Bears Sunday night, but then came back in the second half, to lead the Packers to a miraculous 24-23 come from behind win. Coach Mike McCarthy said Monday that he’ll know today a little more news on the availability of his star quarterback.
Meanwhile the Packers made a couple of roster moves on Tuesday. The Packers claimed CB Deante Burton off of waivers from the Atlanta Falcons and placed WR Trevor Davis on injured reserve. They also signed CB Will Redmond to the practice squad and released S Marwin Evans from the practice squad.
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