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- Updated: July 28, 2016
CHICAGO — Cubs manager Joe Maddon’s doorman won’t have to take any grief from his White Sox friends, at least for one day. Kris Bryant hit a solo homer, Javier Baez smacked a tiebreaking two-run blast in the seventh and Addison Russell added his first career grand slam in the eighth and Aroldis Chapman had an impressive debut to lift the Cubs to an 8-1 Interleague victory over the White Sox on Wednesday at Wrigley Field.
Anthony Ranaudo gave White Sox fans something to cheer about in the fifth when he collected his first career hit and home run off Cubs starter Jason Hammel. Ranaudo threw five no-hit innings, which Bryant ended with his blast with one out in the sixth.
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“I set the bar pretty high for myself,” Ranaudo said. “I don’t want to say I knew I was going to go out there and hit a home run or throw five no-hit innings or whatever, but I have high expectations for myself.”
Chapman entered in the ninth, and his first pitch was a 101-mph strike. He struck out Jose Abreu on a slider, got Todd Frazier to ground out and struck out Avisail Garcia in a perfect inning. Chapman’s last pitch registered at 103 mph.
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“It’s entertaining to watch the gun,” Maddon said. “You’re looking to get the win, but it’s different. He’s a different kind of pitcher. You see that every 100 years or so. Everyone talks about the fastball, but his slider is devastating.”
Both Baez and Russell made curtain calls in front of the crowd of 41,166 at Wrigley Field. The White Sox lead the crosstown series, 2-1, with one more meeting on Thursday at Wrigley Field. Maddon said this showdown has been tough on his doorman as far as bragging rights in the city. This was the Cubs’ 60th win of the season in their 100th game, and it’s the quickest they’ve reached 60 since 1977, when they did so in their 99th game.
MOMENTS THAT MATTEREDSurprise, Surprise: Ranaudo made his first Major League hit count, as he gave the White Sox a 1-0 lead with a lined shot into the right-center-field stands leading off the fifth. Ranaudo’s long ball was the first by an American League pitcher this season and the first for a White Sox pitcher since Mark Buehrle in Milwaukee on …
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