MILWAUKEE -- Jake Arrieta delivered just what the Chicago Cubs needed as another sorry season nears it end.
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homered, and the Cubs beat the Milwaukee Brewers 5-1 Thursday to stop a
five-game losing streak. Arrieta (3-2) didnt allow a hit until two outs in the
fourth, when former-Cub Aramis Ramirez singled between second and third. Carlos
Gomez hit a solo homer in the seventh. "If things are going bad, I feel like I
can be a guy that can right the ship with one good start," Arrieta said. "A lot
of the guys here fall into that category." Chicago, assured of its fourth
straight losing season, had dropped seven of eight coming in after opening its
trip with consecutive wins in Cincinnati. Cubs manager Dale Sveum was pleased
with Arrietas eight starts since he was acquired from Baltimore on July 2.
"Everything was working really well," Sveum said. "He hung that one cutter to
Gomez, but other than that, a lot of weak contact." Arrieta allowed three hits,
struck out five, walked one and drove in a run. "It was pretty much just good
control from start to finish," he said. "I established a good, quality fastball
and worked offspeed off of that. We had a nice roll going today." Valbuena
stopped an 0-for-14 slide with his 12th homer, a solo shot off Kyle Lohse
(10-10) in the first. Schierholtz hit a two-run homer in third that landed in
the Cubs bullpen in centre for a 3-0 lead, and Bogusevic added a pinch- homer
off Donovan Hand leading off the ninth. Lohse gave up three runs and seven hits
in five innings. He has allowed 26 homers, tying Washingtons Dan Haren for the
NL lead. Lohse and the Brewers werent happy with home plate umpire Chad
Fairchild. "Not a whole lot of it was me," Lohse said. "When you have an umpire
that says your grumpy face is going to cost you strikes, youve got issues. I
wasnt as consistent as I want to be, but I made a lot of really good pitches and
I guess I looked funny out there and wasnt going to get the calls." Lohse said
wasnt told of Fairchilds comment after until he finished the fifth inning.
"Luckily, they didnt tell me until later," Lohse said. "I dont think I did
anything to show him up. I had a lot of calls that I thought could have went my
way. Obviously, it is frustrating, but my job is to go out there and make
pitches. I cant do anything about what is called or not, but its just hard to
adjust to something thats inconsistent." Sixty-five of Arrietas 86 pitches were
strikes, while Lohse had 62 among 100 pitches. Lohse said teammate Martin
Maldonado passed on the comment, but Lohse didnt specify whether Maldonado told
him directly. "I didnt hear it firsthand or I wouldnt have lasted five innings,"
Lohse said. Logan Schafer was cited for throwing equipment after he made the
last out of the game. He tossed his helmet while walking away from Fairchild
after taking a called third strike. NOTES: Cubs C Wellington Castro Brewers SS
left after the seventh inning with right knee soreness. "I was running hard and
I just felt a sharp pain," he said. Cubs manager Dale Sveum that Wellington
would get checked on and evaluated tomorrow. ... Brewers SS Jean Segura did not
play, a day after straining his right hamstring. ... Injured Brewers 1B Corey
Hart, eligible for free agency after the World Series, wants to remain with the
Brewers. He is making $10 million this year, the final season of a $26.5
million, three-year deal. "I wouldnt sit there and ask for anything that is
outlandish," he said. "I would take a discount to stay here because I think I
owe it to them to stay here and be a cheaper player." He had surgery on his
right knee in late January and missed spring training. "Ive told them I would be
very generous to stay here. Nobody wants to play for free, but Ive basically sat
there and watched all season. Thats kind of what were hoping for, but at the
same time, you dont know whats going to happen." ... Schierholtzs 21 home runs
are 12 more than his previous high of nine with San Francisco in 2011.
Calvin
Johnson Womens Jersey . The football club recently announced an increase
in season ticket prices in five of the seven categories at Investors Group Field
for 2014. While most increases are in the two to three per cent range, the clubs
most affordable season tickets will jump from $199 to $250 — a 26 per cent leap.
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The 26-year-old Redditch, England, native played three of his past four seasons
under Rennie with the Carolina RailHawks of the North American Soccer League.
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yards, and 35 touchdowns with another three on the ground while leading the
Seminoles to the top of the BCS Rankings.LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Rory McIlroy is
making this PGA Championship feel like 2000 all over again at Valhalla. Back
then, it was Tiger Woods who was making the game look easy as he started to pile
up majors. Now its McIlroy, the 25-year-old from Northern Ireland who produced
superior shots with his long game and made all the right putts Friday for a
4-under 67 that gave him a one-shot lead over Jason Day and Jim Furyk. Catch
third round coverage of the PGA Championship on TSN, Saturday at 11am et/8am
pt. You can also see Par 3 and marquee group coverage on TSN.ca. "When Im
playing like this, its obviously very enjoyable," McIlroy said. "I cant wait to
get back out on the course again tomorrow and do the same thing all over again."
For Woods, such feelings are becoming distant memories. He missed two short
putts early — one for birdie, one for bogey — and looked as if he should never
have tried to play the final major of the year with a sore back. Two birdies on
his last three holes only kept it from being worse. Woods shot another 74 and
missed the cut in a major for the fourth time. "I tried as hard as I could,"
Woods said. "Thats about all I got." Oddly enough, McIlroy opened with the exact
same scores (66-67) as Woods did 14 years ago at Valhalla, when he barely
outlasted Bob May in a playoff for his third straight major of the season on his
way to an unprecedented sweep of golfs biggest events. McIlroy, who was at
9-under 133, isnt nearly at that stage. And his competition going into the
weekend is a little more experienced. Furyk, a former U.S. Open champion who was
runner-up last year at the PGA, got up-and-down from behind the green on the
par-5 18th for birdie and a 68. Moments earlier, Day capped off the best round
of a soggy day with a birdie on the 18th for a 65. Day has three runner-up
finishes in the majors. Right behind were Ryan Palmer (70) and Rickie Fowler
(66), a runner-up in the last two majors. Even so, McIlroy is dangerous when he
gets in the lead, especially at a major. He learned his lesson at Augusta
National in 2011 when he tried to protect a four-shot lead and wound up shooting
80. He bounced back for an eight-shot win at the U.S. Open, won the PGA
Championship by a record eight shots a year later and only last month went
wire-to-wire to win the third leg of the career Grand Slam at the British Open.
"My mindset has stayed the same since that day at Augusta," McIlroy said. "If Im
two ahead going into the weekend here, Im going to try to get three ahead. And
if Im three ahead, Im going to try to get four ahead. ... Im just going to try
to keep the pedal down and get as many ahead as possible." He didnt take his
first lead until the par-5 18th hole, the midway point off his round.
Anquan
Boldin Jersey. McIlroy blasted his driver and couldnt quite see where it
went against a cloudy sky. "Is it good?" he asked caddie. "Beautiful," was all
J.P. Fitzgerald said. McIlroy hit 4-iron to the front of the green, and his
eagle putt rammed into the back of the cup as if it had nowhere else to go. It
was a moment where the No. 1 player in the world looked as if he had just seized
control of the PGA Championship. Except it wasnt that easy. In sloppy
conditions, McIlroy took bogey on the tough par-4 second hole, and then had to
scramble for four straight pars. But on the par-5 seventh, after another big tee
shot on the left side of the fairway, he hit a 5-wood over the water to 8 feet,
a shot that reminded everyone why hes the class of golf. That was one of the few
putts he missed — he still made birdie — and McIlroy finished with a 15-foot
birdie on the final hole. "When he hits the driver that straight and that long,
and the short game is incredible, its very difficult to beat him," U.S. Open
champion Martin Kaymer said. "His iron shots, they are very solid. He doesnt
miss many golf shots. So you just have to respect it a lot, how good he plays.
Theres nothing wrong with his game." Fowler saw it during the final round at
Royal Liverpool last month. He knows what kind of work is left for the guys
chasing him. It can be done. But they might need some help from McIlroy. "Hes
the best player in the world right now," Fowler said. "And I would say a lot of
that is his confidence right now with the way hes driving the ball. If he
continues to drive it, hes going to continue to be in contention at a lot of
golf tournaments and win a lot of times." Maybe. But the final major is only at
the halfway mark. Day has been battling injuries to his wrist ever since winning
the Match Play Championship, and he was pleasantly surprised to be in the hunt
at another major. He is explosive, much like McIlroy, minus the experience of
winning. The Australian showed that on the final holes with a wedge to 6 feet on
the 450-yard 17th hole, and a nifty up-and-down over a bunker on the 18th. "Im
clearly not the favourite," Day said. "Its going to be tough to beat him. But
then again, theres a lot of great golfers behind us that are in form, as well."
Woods had a one-shot lead over Scott Dunlap going into the weekend at Valhalla
in 2000. Of the dozen players behind him that year, only Davis Love III had won
a major. This leaderboard is more compelling. It even includes Phil Mickelson,
who made eagle on the last hole for a 67 and was three shots behind. It just
doesnt include Woods, who ended a sixth consecutive season without winning a
major. And lately, he hasnt even been close.
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