导出博客文章CHICAGO -- Anthony Rizzo finished celebrating, retreated to the clubhouse and
reminded his Chicago Cubs teammates that theyve now won games in their last
at-bat on a wild pitch, a squeeze bunt and a bases-loaded walk.Its been that
kind of season.Rizzo drew a walk from Zach Duke with two outs in the 11th inning
and the Cubs beat the St. Louis Cardinals 4-3 on Thursday night for their 10th
consecutive win.Its one of those things where its going our way, Rizzo said. We
just want it to keep going our way.Not only did the Cubs open a 13-game lead
over the second-place Cardinals in the NL Central, St. Louis lost slugger Matt
Holliday to a broken right thumb after he was hit by a pitch in the 10th
inning.Holliday wasnt sure if hell miss the rest of the season. Hes to see a
hand specialist Friday.For sure its super disappointing but its part of sport
unfortunately, Holliday said.Pinch-hitters Willson Contreras and Jorge Soler led
off with singles against the lefty Duke (2-1) and Dexter Fowler walked to load
the bases with one out. Kris Bryant struck out before Rizzo took a 3-1 pitch
inside to give the Cubs their longest winning streak since getting 12 straight
in 2001.Crazy stuff, manager Joe Maddon said. Entertaining? Yes.Mike Montgomery
(4-5) allowed a single and two walks to load the bases in the 11th before
striking out Matt Carpenter to end the threat. Montgomery, who won his first
game with Chicago after being acquired from Seattle last month, also hit
Holliday with a 94 mph fastball on a 1-1 count with nobody on and two out an
inning earlier.I definitely feel for him, Montgomery said. It wasnt on purpose.
Its just one of those pitches thats a big part of the game, going inside, and it
just got away.Randal Grichuk, called up from the minors before the game, tied it
for St. Louis with a pinch-hit solo home run off Travis Wood in the seventh.
Brandon Moss also homered for St. Louis.Chris Coghlan had a two-run single and
David Ross an RBI bunt single in the sixth for the Cubs.Both managers used their
closers in the ninth. Chicagos Aroldis Chapman needed three pitches to get two
liners to third and a groundout, while Seung Hwan Oh struck out the side for St.
Louis. Oh then worked out of a 10th-inning jam.The Cubs wasted three good
opportunities to score before capitalizing in odd fashion, as has been their
signature.After Coghlans two-out two-run single off Carlos Martinez tied it at
2, the 39-year-old Ross bunted an 0-1 curveball between the mound and third
base. Martinez elected to throw to first, and it drew Carpenter off the bag as
Jason Heyward scored to put Chicago ahead.Coghlan also teamed with Addison
Russell to throw out Carpenter at the plate from left field on Stephen Piscottys
double to end the seventh.Cubs lefty Jon Lester allowed two runs and five hits
with six strikeouts in six innings but lost a chance at his 13th win when
Grichuk sent a 1-0 cutter into the left-field bleachers.Moss hit his first homer
off a lefty this season in the sixth to put the Cardinals up 2-0. Yadier Molina
added three hits, including an RBI single in the first to extend his on-base
streak to 24 games.Martinez allowed three runs and seven hits over six innings.
He hurt himself when he cut off a throw home that seemingly had a chance to get
Rizzo on Chicagos second run.The Cubs would have turned to starting pitcher John
Lackey if the game had gone to the 12th. He was also in the bullpen when Lester
beat Seattle with a 12th-inning squeeze bunt on July 31 that started the winning
streak.Its just a sign of a good team, Lester said. The close game we grind
out.TRAINERS ROOMCardinals: A day after being scratched, 1B Matt Adams
(shoulder) was placed on the 15-day disabled list. Grichuk was recalled from
Triple-A Memphis.Cubs: Pedro Strop (knee surgery) will be out four to six weeks
and Hector Rondon (triceps) was unavailable. Rondon played catch and is
scheduled for a bullpen session Friday.UP NEXTCubs RHP Jake Arrieta (13-5, 2.59
ERA) faces RHP Adam Wainwright (9-6, 4.34) on Friday afternoon.
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being named the leagues most outstanding player. PHILADELPHIA -- The defending
national champion Villanova Wildcats opened the 2016-17 season with six games in
13 days.It was a grueling stretch for the No. 2-ranked team.But they came away
with six victories, including their most recent 63-47 win over the College of
Charleston last Wednesday. After the win, the victorious Wildcats looked a bit
weary.A much-needed break was waiting and theyll now be rested and ready when
they open the Big Five portion of their schedule Tuesday night versus city rival
Penn (7 p.m. ET) at the Palestra.This break comes at a good time for us,
Villanova head coach Jay Wright said. It was good for us to experience this. We
got a lot of our offense and defense in knowing that we would face this stretch
where we wouldnt get a lot of practice in. I think it paid off for us. We were
prepared but, on the other hand, I dont know if we were mentally prepared for
this many games back-to-back. We had a couple of them -- Western Michigan, maybe
this one -- where we didnt have great energy.Preseason player-of-the-year
candidate Josh Hart led the way against the Cougars with 13 points and 11
rebounds. Hart has been a team leader and a budding star thus far this season.We
need to learn to bring it every night, Wright said. That was the key to Ryan
(Arcidiacono) and Daniel (Ochefu) last year. They had a mature approach to every
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get good at that.The Quakers (2-2) opened their season with four consecutive
road games -- wins at Robert Morris and Central Connecticut State and a loss at
Miami and, most recently, a two-point loss at Navy last Wednesday.Junior Caleb
Wood led Penn in scoring for the second game in a row with 15 points at
Navy.Sophomore Jackson Donahue knocked down four treys, which are as many as he
hit in the Quakers first three games combined. Donahue added six assists for a
career high.But Penn made just four -- and attempted six -- free throws with
none coming in the second half.Now the Quakers get a chance to come back home
with a difficult matchup in Villanova. Its a daunting task for sure.It isnt easy
to play on the road in college basketball, and weve started the season with four
straight away from home, Penn head coach Steve Donahue told the Daily
Pennsylvanian after the loss at Navy. Winning this game wouldve been a great
step for us, but I think regardless of the result we showed some of the growth
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