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In throwback mode, Arrieta shuts down A’s
- Updated: August 7, 2016
OAKLAND — Jake Arrieta threw eight scoreless innings and Ben Zobrist chipped in a two-run single as the Cubs beat the A’s, 4-0, on Saturday, while Oakland starter Sonny Gray left the game due to injury after five innings.
Chicago has won six straight games and 16 of its past 22. Arrieta was superb, holding Oakland to three hits in his 13th win and departing to strong applause from a hearty Cubs contingent at the Coliseum. Only two A’s baserunners reached second base against the righty, who has the league’s fifth-best ERA (2.59) among qualified starters.
Arrieta retired 10 of the last 11 batters he faced. Saturday marked the second straight start Arrieta pitched into at least the eighth inning and the third time in four starts he allowed two runs or fewer. It was a welcome sight for the righty after he went 0-3 with a 4.88 ERA in July.
Gray entered amid his own July struggles, but he was better Saturday until a sore right extensor muscle forced his sudden departure. He held Chicago to two runs on five hits over five innings, including Zobrist’s two-out, two-run single in the …
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