After the pitching getting obliterated back to back nights Yu Darvish was able to dominate the Sox white hot lineup to avoid the sweep.
Darvish threw seven dominant innings giving up just one run on six while striking out ten and walking one. The outing dropped his season ERA to 1.70 and he has become a leading contender for the NL Cy Young award.
The Sox got their only offense in the second when Jose Abreu (of course) hit his sixth home run of the three game series. He has just feasted on Cubs pitching day in and day out throughout the series.
In the sixth Javier Baez would hit a one out double and the Kyle Schwarber would follow with a two-run home run off former Cubs prospect Dylan Cease to give the Cubs a 2-1 lead.
It was a frustrating day overall for the bats, in the fourth they had first and third with one out and didn't score a run. They managed to top that in the fifth when they loaded the bases with no outs but a strikeout and a double play ended their chance.
Craig Kimbrel would come in for the eight and strike out Tim Anderson and Yoan Moncada before walking Yasmani Grandal and Jose Abreu before David Ross would pull Kimbrel and bring in Jeremy Jeffress.
Jeffress would get Eloy Jimenez to line out and in the ninth he would get two quick outs, but an infield single and two walks would load the bases with Anderson at the dish and the tying run at third. However, Anderson would ground out to secure the 2-1 victory.
The Cubs travel to Detroit and take on the Tigers in a three game set. Alec Mills will look to rebound opposing Tigers top prospect Casey Mize.
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