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The play at the plate was so close, the Cubs had to wait through a lengthy review before claiming their victory.
Cubs starting pitchers Justin Steele, Kyle Hendricks and Jordan Wicks are also progressing.
The Twins win their 10th straight, sweeping the 6-25 Sox again.
“He’s going to be a leader down the road,” manager Pedro Grifol said.
The Sox are off to the worst 30-game mark in franchise history.
Notes: The Cubs promoted top pitching prospect Cade Horton to Triple-A.
The Cubs squandered another strong performance from starter Javier Assad.
The White Sox’ Double-A Birmingham team and improved prospect rankings offer hope for future.
Abreu, in the second season of a three-year, $58.5 million contract, is hitting .099 with only one extra-base hit and three RBI. In 77 plate appearances across 22 games this season, Abreu has only seven hits.
The 2021 All-Star was DFA’d by the Rangers.
Cristian Guzman, who has worked for the Mets and Mariners, meets players “where they are at for what they need.”
Garrett Crochet, who retired the last 11 Twins he faced, was pulled after five innings.
The Cubs scratched out a 3-1 victory, thanks to Christopher Morel’s two-run home run in the ninth inning.
The team has been snakebitten by injuries early this season.
“This has been entirely a Nike issue,” a memo from the union to players read. “At its core, what has happened here is that Nike was innovating something that didn’t need to be innovated.”
Notes: The team also made a series of bullpen moves, and Cody Bellinger made progress in his rehab.
Wesneski held the Red Sox to one earned run in four innings in the Cubs’ 5-4 loss Sunday.
“He’s all about business,” rookie reliever Jordan Leasure said.
“It meant a lot because our bullpen had gone through a lot the last two days,” Fedde said, as manager Pedro Grifol praised his outing as “big-time.”
Saturday was a series of firsts: the season’s first back-to-back Sox wins, Benintendi’s first career walk-off home run and the Sox’ first series victory of the season.