导出博客文章CHICAGO -- The Cubs have soared to the top of the major leagues with little help
from Jason Heyward in his first season in Chicago.If their $184 million man can
start delivering like he did Sunday, look out.Heyward tied it with a single in
the ninth inning and his liner to left-center in the 13th won it as the Cubs
beat the San Francisco Giants 3-2 on Sunday to take three of four games in a
possible playoff preview.Its huge because we have a good team, Heyward said of
his recent uptick, and when you add that to it, it just makes us that much
better.Anthony Rizzo led off the 13th with a single off Matt Reynolds (0-1) and
went to second on Ben Zobrists groundout. Addison Russell, who had three hits,
was walked intentionally before Heyward drove in his third run of the
game.Heyward left St. Louis in the offseason for a big-money deal with the Cubs,
but he was hitting. 225 when manager Joe Maddon benched him for four games last
month.I really believe when a very good major league player may be struggling,
if he just sits and watches a major league game being played and then
understands, `Im one of the best, it does something internally, Maddon
said.Heyward has five multihit games in his last eight starts.Just being more
consistent with timing, with better swings, swinging at better pitches, Heyward
said.Trevor Cahill (4-4) worked a perfect inning in a series in which all four
games were decided by one run.The Cubs maintained a 16 1/2-game lead in the NL
Central, while the Giants lead over the Cardinals for the first wild card was
reduced to 1 1/2 games.The Cubs were staring at a second straight loss when
Russell led off the ninth with a double against Santiago Casilla. He went to
third on a wild pitch and scored on Heywards single up the middle to hand
Casilla his NL-high seventh blown save.The Giants appeared on their way to the
win in regulation despite managing two hits thanks to seven innings of five-hit
ball from Johnny Cueto and a perfectly executed suicide squeeze.Eduardo Nunez
doubled in the fifth, stole third then broke for home as Ehire Adrianza put down
a soft bunt in front of the mound that forced John Lackey to throw to first and
snapped a 1-all tie.In his first start since Aug. 14 because of a shoulder
strain, Lackey allowed one earned run and one hit in five innings.Heyward made
up for a two-base error in the second when he couldnt make a running catch of
Hunter Pences fly to right-center. Pence scored the unearned run on Nunezs
groundout.After the Cubs tied it when Haywards bloop single scored Anthony Rizzo
in the fourth, the Giants got their first hit an inning later on Nunezs one-out
liner to the gap.The Giants mustered 14 hits in the four games, failing to score
in 16 innings against Chicagos bullpen.To go against a staff like this youd
figure they were going to be low-scoring games. Its tough to come away with
three losses, manager Bruce Bochy said. They played well. We just didnt do a lot
of hitting.TRAINERS ROOMGiants: Bochy didnt start SS Brandon Crawford and LF
Angel Pagan with a day game Monday at Colorado. Both ended up
pinch-hitting.Cubs: Setup man Hector Rondon (triceps) could come off the
disabled list as soon as Monday.RIZZO RECOVERSMaddon pointed out Rizzo took off
immediately to score on Heywards liner a day after a baserunning blunder in the
ninth inning of a 3-2 loss.SCARY MOMENTGiants 1B Brandon Belt, who has had
multiple concussions, stayed in after taking Rob Zastryznys 87 mph fastball of
his helmet in the seventh.NATHAN DEBUTRHP Joe Nathan making his first appearance
with San Francisco since the 2003 playoffs, struck out Kris Bryant in a perfect
12th.SIXTH MANChicago will stick with a six starters through another turn in the
rotation, with LHP Mike Montgomery getting the ball Wednesday at Milwaukee.UP
NEXTGiants: LHP Matt Moore (9-10, 3.88 ERA) flew early to Denver and starts
Monday against Rockies RHP Chad Bettis (11-7, 5.17).Cubs: RHP Kyle Hendricks
(13-7) carries the majors lowest ERA of 2.09 into Mondays start at Milwaukee
against RHP Zach Davies (10-6, 4.07).
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