Before I start this game recap I want to give a shout out to Jason Heyward, who sat out of tonights game most likely in protest of the horrific shooting of Jacob Black. He joins the entire NBA, and several MLB teams who chose not to play tonight. Black Lives Matter and all lives can't matter until black lives do too. I am white, so I do not know the struggle of being black in America, but I am in full support of the movement.
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The Cubs dropped the rubber match 7-6 to the Tigers tonight to drop their record to 18-12.
Jon Lester was solid through five innings giving up one run on eight hits while striking out five and walking one. He was giving up contact, but did a good job to limit the damage.
Most of the damage came off of Rowan Wick (two) and Ryan Tepera (three) who gave up five runs in the sixth. It was an especially disappointing outing for Tepera who had been dominant since being brought up to the active roster.
The Cubs got the scoring started early in the third when they put runners on the corners with one out and Anthony Rizzo drove in a run with an RBI single and Javier Baez followed up with a sacrifice fly to put the Cubs up 2-0.
Kyle Schwarber would hit an opposite field home run for his sixth of the season, but that would be it for the Cubs offense until the ninth inning.
In the ninth the Cubs got four straight hits to start the inning off of Kyle Farmer including an RBI single by Nico Hoerner and RBI double by Albert Almora Jr. Rizzo would come up with a chance to give the Cubs the lead and he absolutely smashed a ball to center, but the deep center field in Comerica made it just a sacrifice fly. Baez would then hit a deep fly ball to left that was caught, and Schwarber would line out right to the pitcher to end the rally and the game.
The Cubs are off tomorrow, but go to Cincinnati to start a four game set against that includes a doubleheader. Kyle Hendricks will take the mound against Anthony DeSclafani.
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