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05/06 21:55 CDT Yu Darvish pitches 5 scoreless innings as the Padres beat the
Cubs 6-3
Yu Darvish pitches 5 scoreless innings as the Padres beat the Cubs 6-3
By JAY COHEN
AP Baseball Writer
CHICAGO (AP) --- Yu Darvish pitched five scoreless innings, Luis Campusano
drove in three runs and the San Diego Padres beat the Chicago Cubs 6-3 on
Monday night.
Darvish (2-1) allowed three hits, struck out five and walked one in his second
straight win. The Japanese right-hander, who played for Chicago for three
seasons before he was traded to San Diego in December 2020, also tossed five
shutout innings in a 6-4 victory against Cincinnati last week.
Campusano, Xander Bogaerts, Jake Cronenworth and Donovan Solano each had two
hits as the Padres won for the fifth time in six games. Robert Suarez got five
outs for his 11th save in 11 opportunities.
Christopher Morel and Yan Gomes homered for the Cubs, who dropped to 12-5 at
Wrigley Field this season. Mike Tauchman had two hits and scored a run.
Chicago left-hander Justin Steele pitched 4 2/3 scoreless innings in his first
major league start since he strained his left hamstring on opening day. He
allowed three hits while throwing 68 pitches, 43 for strikes.
Steele got a big ovation when he departed, and Richard Lovelady retired Luis
Arraez for the final out of the fifth. Manager Craig Counsell then sent
Lovelady (0-1) back out for the sixth, and San Diego jumped all over the
left-hander.
Singles by Fernando Tatis Jr. and Cronenworth --- along with a double steal ---
set up Jurickson Profar's two-run single. Solano hit an RBI single off Daniel
Palencia, and Campusano's three-run double lifted the Padres to a 6-0 lead.
Chicago cut its deficit in half on Morel's two-run shot in the sixth and Gomes'
solo drive in the seventh. But the rally fizzled from there.
The Cubs came up empty after they loaded the bases with no outs in the eighth.
Jeremiah Estrada struck out Pete Crow-Armstrong swinging before he was replaced
by Suarez, who fanned Gomes and retired Nico Hoerner on a popup to shortstop.
Suarez then worked a perfect ninth. The right-hander has allowed one run and
seven hits in 15 1/3 innings this season.
TRAINER'S ROOM
Padres: 3B Manny Machado got the day off. The All-Star slugger is batting .287
(27 for 94) with three homers and 14 RBIs in his last 23 games.
Cubs: OFs Seiya Suzuki (right oblique strain) and Cody Bellinger (right rib
fracture) worked out before the game once again, including batting practice.
Counsell said Suzuki is going to need a rehab stint in the minors, but
Bellinger could be activated by the team before it begins a six-game trip at
Pittsburgh on Friday night. ... RHP Kyle Hendricks (low back strain) will make
a rehab start for Triple-A Iowa on Tuesday.
UP NEXT
Randy Vsquez and Shota Imanaga take the mound on Tuesday night. Vsquez (0-1,
5.87 ERA) was recalled from Triple-A El Paso when the Padres placed
right-hander Joe Musgrove on the 15-day injured list on Sunday. Imanaga (5-0,
0.78 ERA) is going for his fifth consecutive win for the Cubs.
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