CLEVELAND (AP) – Bell stockings were in vogue and Nixon at the White House the last time the Chicago Cubs started such a hot season.
Your rookie manager doesn’t take credits for the start.
“I mean, I have a team, ” said Ross. “That’s what it is. We have players.”
Kyle Hendricks pitched six false innings in his first opposite appearance to Cleveland since Game 7 of the 2016 World Series and Anthony Rizzo hit a house run, leading the Cubs to a 7-2 win over the Indians on Wednesday night to tie their start in 50 years.
Hendricks (3-1) did not have much unrest with the Indians collapsing, beating the worst of the Primary Leagues Array192. He allowed one run and seven hits, pitched 18 consecutive hits at one point, and controlled everyone in Cleveland’s lineup, Franmil Reyes, who had three hits.
The Cubs are 12-3 in their first season with Ross, which is the club’s start after 15 games in 1970.
Since taking office, Ross has preached to be positive and full of life, and the constant talk that emerges in the Chicago dugout is evidence that his players are listening.
“There’s nothing wrong with that because the skill is there, the character is there, the commitment, the concentration, the energy, the work,” Ross said. “It’s not easy, especially in the environment we’re facing right now. I’ve been given some smart players, man.
“I just put them in the lineup and I’m starting to look to inspire them. They’re good.”
Rizzo hit the third race of the house opposite Carlos Carrasco (2-2), David Bote promoted two races and Kris Bryant hit a 430-foot shot when the Cubs swept the set of two games of the house.
Hendricks had not faced the Indians since November 2, 2016, when the final drama began when the Cubs beat the Indians in additional innings to get their first name from the series since 1908. The right is as effective now as he is. Years. years ago.
“I’m satisfied that we are where we are now, ” he said. “You never know why things fit in at some point. I think we missed baseball so much for so long that it gave us a little break, and the guys are excited to be in combination and excited to play again.
Carrasco retired in fifth position after an unstable seven-step exit in four 0.33 innings. The right-hander struggled with his from the beginning, but was able to paint about two rounds of two races without giving up any races.
“He threw a lot of straights at lefties and rights,” manager Terry Francona said. “Shoot, probably in the fourth inning and his ball hit the same. There were a lot of walks. I was out of danger all the time.
It’s been a tough day for the Indians.
Not only are they suffering to score, but they are still resolving the stage with headlines Mike Clevinger and Zach Plesac, who broke team regulations and COVID-19 protocols when they left the team’s hotel in Chicago last weekend and risked exposing themselves to the virus.
Francona said if the players had already been tested. And as for his fractured dates with teammates, Francona said it might take time to heal.
“I know they have some confidence to win and they’re going to have to get it back,” he said. “I don’t know how simple it’s going to be.”
SHORT STORIES
Francisco Lindor and Javier Beez followed strangely similar paths to fame. They were both born in Puerto Rico, moved to Florida and were recruited in 2011.
They are close friends and two of the players in between the game. Ask Jason Kipnis, who played with Lindor in Cleveland and is Beez’s teammate.
“Or they’re better in baseball than I am,” he says. “I don’t know what’s in the water, yet those guys’ herbal ability to play this game is amazing.”
COACH ROOM
Puppies: OF Kyle Schwarber scratched from the starting lineup with a right knee injury when he batted a box tuesday. He pinched on the ninth. Array.. Ross said the reviews were positive about José Quintana from LHP. He cut his hand while washing dishes at home last month. There’s still no timetable for his return.
Indians: C Roberto Pérez (shoulder) ran and showed up at the team’s chosen site in Lake County. Francona said Pérez had not suffered any setbacks and that the club could soon take him down.
Following
Puppies: Open a 10-game, 11-day house game Thursday off Milwaukee with Yu Darvish (2-1) versus Brewers left-hander Brett Anderson (0-1).
Indians: After his day off in four days, Cleveland opens a series of three games in Detroit on Friday. Aaron Civale (1-2) begins the first attack against Ivon Nova (1-0).
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