After handing over the visiting San Diego Padres his first loss of the season on Friday, Chicago Cubs will make sure to pass the weekend series on Saturday afternoon.
Chicago finally enjoyed his home opener at Wrigley Field after a couple of games in Tokyo, four in Arizona and three in West Sacramento, California, against athletics.
The story of the early season for Cubs had been their crime that entered Friday’s game, but it was to start Pitcher Shota Imanaga’s strong performance which was the conversation that day. The left hand allowed a run of four hits in 7 1/3 rounds to help Chicago earn a 3-1 victory for its fourth straight victory.
Acquisition of the Kyle Tucker season reached twice on walks on Friday and beats .308 with four homers and 11 RBI since he was traded from Houston in December. Already a fan favorite hopes Tucker and Company see Momentumet continue Saturday in the club’s second competition of a six-game home.
“It was fantastic,” Tucker said about Friday’s home opener. “I hadn’t experienced an opening day here yet, so it was very cool to be a part of. Running out there to a packed stadium (40 244) was pretty cool.”
Tucker and Seiya Suzuki are bound for the team in home and RBI.
Left-hander Matthew Boyd (0-0, 0.00 era) will get his second start of the season for Chicago on Saturday after his five-in-in-the-run effort against Diamondbacks on Sunday. Cubs lost 10-6.
Boyd, 34, signed a two -year contract with Cubs in December after posting eight starts for Cleveland a season ago. Saturday’s game will mark its first career look against San Diego.
Padres started the season with a franchise record seven straight wins before falling on Friday.
Fernando Tatis Jr. And Jackson Merrill ended each with two hits in San Diego’s first loss, but the only choir-producing crime came on nine-hole Hitter Martin Maldonado’s Solo Home Run.
San Diego wants to get back on the right track will leave the ball to the right hand Nick Pivetta (1-0, 0.00), which comes from a fantastic start to Atlanta Braves. The 32-year-old-who signed a four-year, $ 55 million contract with San Diego in February after four-plus seasons with Boston-boundary only one hit over seven shut-off rounds last Sunday when Padres beat Atlanta Braves 5-0.
“It is a great honor to be in San Diego,” Pivetta said after his first start. “I am very, very excited about being here, but just trying to keep things one step at a time. … We have a bunch of professionals out here. They are really good at what they do, their crafts, their work, it’s just an honor to play next to them and try to go for the ultimate goal to win a championship.”
In four career appearance (three starts) against Chicago, Pivetta has a 1-1 record with a 3.94 era but has not met the club since 2019.
Merrill, who signed a nine -year, $ 135 million contract with San Diego this week, is on its way to a burning start. He beats .429 with two home races and eight RBI.
Tatis beats .433, while Machado enters .345.
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