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Aug 23 (The Sports Xchange) - Highlights of Major League Baseball games on Tuesday: Cubs 5, Padres 3 Jake Arrieta shut out the Padres on two hits over eight innings Tuesday and Kris Bryant and Addison Russell each hit their second homers in as many nights at Petco Park as the Cubs held on to defeat the Padres 5-3 before a crowd of 33,614 that was packed with Cubs partisans. Arrieta took over the National League lead with his 16th win. He (16-5, 2.62 earned run average) had six strikeouts and issued three walks, although he faced only one batter over the minimum. ... Continue to Article

August 24, 2016 5:07:am EST

Arizona and Atlanta will turn to their top starters Wednesday in an attempt to get a leg up after splitting the first two games of a four-game set at Chase Field. Zack Greinke (11-4, 4.21) will oppose Julio Teheran (3-9, 2.90) in a series that so far has not had much to do with any of the starting pitchers. Atlanta overcame a 4-3 deficit against the Arizona bullpen on Matt Kemp's go-ahead, bases-loaded double in the eighth inning of a 7-4 victory Tuesday. Continue to Article

August 24, 2016 3:04:am EST

With a rotation featuring Jake Arrieta and Jon Lester it's easy for Kyle Hendricks to get overlooked. "Everybody talks about everybody else by Kyle leads the National League in ERA right now," Madden said. It's the right-handed Hendricks (11-7, 2.16) on the hill for the Cubs against the San Diego Padres. Continue to Article

August 24, 2016 2:58:am EST

Matt Kemp has had some big hits in his many trips to Chase Field in his many seasons in the NL West. Kemp's two-out, bases loaded double in the eighth inning erased a one-run Arizona lead and the Atlanta Braves beat the Diamondbacks 7-4 in the second game of a matchup of teams with the two worst records in the National League. ''Those are situations you want to be in,'' said Kemp, who also had a sacrifice fly. Continue to Article

August 24, 2016 2:10:am EST

Jake Arrieta threw eight scoreless innings of two-hit ball to become the NL's first 16-game winner and Kris Bryant and Addison Russell homered, leading the Chicago Cubs over the San Diego Padres 5-3 on Tuesday night. Arrieta (16-5) allowed a single to Alex Dickerson in the second and Christian Bethancourt's double in the eighth. Arrieta has two no-hitters in the past year. Continue to Article

August 24, 2016 1:21:am EST