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06	November 2018

Cubs season attendance at Wrigley Field

DETROIT (AP) � It didn�t look or sound like a rebuilding team Authentic Aaron Donald Jersey , holding on for a win against a contender. Shane Greene had a game-ending strikeout against Jason Heyward � with fans roaring on their feet � to help the Detroit Tigers beat the Chicago Cubs 2-1 on Tuesday night.�Great atmosphere with a good team coming in here,� Tigers manager Ron Gardenhire said. �They bring a lot of fans, too, and our fans were just wearing them out.�It was good stuff, and a big win.�Jordan Zimmermann (6-5) pitched six effective innings for Detroit, continuing Chicago�s misery.The NL Central-leading Cubs were held to one run via homer for the fifth straight game, dropping the last three in the offensive slide. This time, Anthony Rizzo led off the sixth with his 19th homer, falling to his knees as he drove Zimmermann�s first pitch over the wall in right.But that was it once again for Chicago.�I can�t really find too much wrong with how we are playing,� Cubs manager Joe Maddon said. �The defense has been great and we�re pitching well. We�re just not hitting.�Once a game, we hit our home run and then we don�t take advantage of our other chances.�Help could be on the way after the Cubs acquired Daniel Murphy in a trade with Washington before the game. The three-time All-Star missed the start of the season because of knee surgery, but is hitting .340 (35 for 103) since the All-Star break.Drew VerHagen, Joe Jimenez and Greene combined for three innings of one-hit relief Aaron Donald Jersey Elite , closing out Detroit�s second win in seven games.The Cubs had one last chance when Albert Almora Jr. drew a two-out walk in the ninth. But Greene struck out Heyward swinging to finish off a 10-pitch at-bat, earning his 27th save in 30 chances.�It was fun, mainly because I came out on top,� Greene said.Detroit got both of its runs in the first inning against Kyle Hendricks (9-10), who allowed 10 hits and walked one in seven innings.Former Cubs prospect Jeimer Candelario doubled and scored on Nicholas Castellanos� groundout. Victor Martinez, who finished with three hits, added a two-out RBI single.�I didn�t bury the last pitch to Victor Martinez and he went and got it,� Hendricks said.NO PRESSUREMaddon plans to have a face-to-face meeting with Murphy, hoping to find out how much he can play and trying to diffuse expectations, before putting him in the lineup Wednesday at Detroit.�I�m not asking for Daniel to come in and all the sudden be this force,� Maddon said. �When you get a guy like this of course the natural assumption is he�s going to take you to the promised land and I don�t want him to think that way.�TRAINER�S ROOMCubs: RHP Yu Darvish will miss the rest of the season with a stress reaction in his right elbow. � SS Addison Russell was scratched with a sore shoulder. �He�s been playing through it for a while so we backed off,� Maddon said.Tigers: RHP Michael Fulmer, on the DL since July 20 with a strained oblique http://www.sandiegochargersteamonline.com/derwin-james-jersey , is scheduled to throw 70 pitches somewhere on Friday. Gardenhire would not say where Fulmer will have the outing. � OF JaCoby Jones is expected to have a three-game rehab assignment this week. He has been on the DL since Aug. 13 with a strained right hamstring.UP NEXTCubs LHP Jon Lester (13-5, 3.72 ERA) and Tigers LHP Francisco Liriano (3-8, 4.72) close the two-game series. Lester is 2-6 with a 6.05 ERA in 11 starts in the regular season against Detroit. CHICAGO (AP) � Jon Lester felt he wasn�t as sharp as usual, though the Cubs and their ace left-hander came through in the clutch.Lester combined with three relievers on a four-hitter, David Bote hit an early two-run triple and the Cubs beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 3-0 on Thursday night to open a one-game NL Central lead over Milwaukee heading into the final weekend of the season.A day after the Cubs and Brewers assured themselves of no worse than wild-card berths, Lester (18-6) escaped a bases-loaded jam in the first inning and allowed three hits and four walks over six innings. He improved to 6-1 with a 1.71 ERA in his last eight starts.�His stuff looked normal from this side, but (Lester was) abnormal command-wise and he got through it,� manager Joe Maddon said. �He battled. He showed his mettle tonight.�The 34-year-old Lester said he ground out a �blue collar win� to keep the Cubs in first place.�Sometimes when you�re able to weave your way inside and out of trouble like tonight, these are the more rewarding wins than the ones where you have your good starts and are just able go out there and execute,� said Lester, who threw 66 of 108 pitches for strikes.Steve Cishek, Carl Edwards Jr. and Jesse Chavez followed, with Chavez pitching the ninth for his fourth save in five chances with Chicago.Chicago (93-66) hosts St. Louis (87-72) in the final series starting Friday http://www.losangelesramsteamonline.com/aaron-donald-jersey , while Milwaukee (92-67) is at home against Detroit. The Cardinals (87-72) trail the Los Angeles Dodgers by one game for the second wild-card berth.The Cubs� win means the NL Central champion, Chicago or Milwaukee, will finish with the league�s best record and will play the winner of Tuesday�s wild-card game. East champion Atlanta will play the West champion, Colorado or the Dodgers.And the Cubs, who didn�t celebrate after clinching a fourth straight postseason berth on Wednesday, want the division crown.�We�ve made the playoffs and nobody in that clubhouse is satisfied with that,� Lester said. �I think we call kind of expect to win the division.�We feel like that�s one of our goals and hopefully that comes to fruition this weekend. We�ll celebrate then.�Trevor Williams (14-10) gave up all three runs, eight hits and three walks in five innings. He had been 4-0 in six starts since losing to the Cubs on Aug. 17 and is 7-3 with a 1.38 ERA since the All-Star break.�I felt like it was a battle from the first pitch,� Williams said. �This is their third time seeing me this season, and they can swing the bat.�It�s not going to give me a sour taste in my mouth, but it�s going fire me up for this offseason and make me work extra hard to finish next season strong.�Bote started at third base in place of Kris Bryant, who missed his second game with a sore left wrist after getting hit by a pitch by Chris Archer on Tuesday.Lester singled in the fourth and scored on Daniel Murphy�s single.WHAT IF?If the Cubs and Brewers finish tied for first, the Cubs would host an NL Central tiebreaker game Monday because Chicago won the season series 11-8.CROWDSThe crowd of 38 http://www.losangelesramsteamonline.com/todd-gurley-ii-jersey ,415 pushed the Cubs season attendance at Wrigley Field over the 3 million mark for the third straight season.RETURN OF KANGThe Pirates expect INF Jung Ho Kang to join the club Friday and be active for a season-ending series at Cincinnati in what would be his first major league appearance in two years. Kang, who plays third base and shortstop, hit .273 with 36 homers and 120 RBIs in 229 games for the Pirates in 2015 and 2016,The 31-year-old didn�t play in North America between September 2016 and June 2018 because of visa issues connected to three DUI arrests his native South Korea.TRAINER�S ROOMPirates: OF Jordan Luplow underwent an appendectomy Thursday at Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago. The 24-year-old appeared in 37 games this season.Cubs: Manager Joe Maddon said Bryant could start Friday against St. Louis. Bryant, the 2016 NL MVP, had two stints on the disabled list this season because of left shoulder inflammation.UP NEXTPirates: RHP Nick Kingham (5-7, 5.23) starts Friday at Cincinnati against RHP Anthony DeSclafani (7-7, 4.91).Cubs: RHP Kyle Hendricks (13-11, 3.49) opens the series against the Cardinals vs. RHP Adam Wainwright (2-3, 4.08.) In his last six starts, Hendricks is 4-1 with a 1.37 ERA.