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Marcell Ozuna's two-run homer highlighted the Cardinals' four-run eighth inning, and St. Louis tightened the National League Central race by beating the visiting Pittsburgh Pirates 6-2 Friday night. The Cardinals snapped a five-game losing streak and moved within three games of the division-leading Chicago Cubs. Carlos Martinez (3-2), the fifth St. Louis pitcher, earned the victory on manager Mike Shildt's 51st birthday. Continue to Article

August 10, 2019 12:03:am EST

Trevor Bauer made quite a first impression in his new ballpark. The Reds are looking for a lot more in their final push to get back into the race. Bauer fanned 11 batters in his Reds home debut Friday night, and Aristides Aquino homered again as Yasiel Puig's replacement, leading Cincinnati to a 5-2 victory over the Chicago Cubs. Continue to Article

August 09, 2019 10:56:pm EST

Trevor Bauer struck out 11 over seven innings in his home debut and the Cincinnati Reds slugged three homers en route to a 5-2 victory over the Chicago Cubs on Friday. Rookie Aristides Aquino belted a two-run shot and Eugenio Suarez and Joey Votto also went deep for the Reds, who have won nine of their last 13 games. Bauer (10-8), who was acquired from Cleveland in a three-team deal prior to the trade deadline, allowed just one run on three hits to improve to 4-0 in four career starts versus Chicago. Continue to Article

August 09, 2019 10:34:pm EST

Few if any expected this kind of accelerated timeline for the 21 year old, but Lux is quite clearly a special talent and he could be a difference-maker in fantasy leagues as soon as he gets the opportunity, which seems more imminent than his 12% rostership tag suggests. Dinelson Lamet, San Diego Padres (20%) He got off to a bit of a slow start while returning from Tommy John surgery but looked plenty good while striking out 12 batters over seven scoreless innings his last time out. Lamet is up to 42 Ks over 30.0 innings and should only get stronger the further he's removed from surgery, and he'll benefit from pitching in the NL West and Petco Park. Continue to Article

August 09, 2019 11:55:am EST

The Chicago Cubs left for their current road trip with an excellent 41-19 record at Wrigley Field but a woeful 21-33 record on the road. Outside of maybe the Colorado Rockies and their unique challenges with elevation there isn't usually much rhyme or reason to why a team may struggle on the road as badly as that, so it's not like the Cubs could really do anything concrete about it. The Cubs' white home jerseys were packed into their equipment bags Wednesday night, loaded on the bus and flown to Cincinnati with the rest of the team. Continue to Article

August 09, 2019 11:08:am EST

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