CHICAGO — Chicago Cubs left-hander Drew Smyly has an ideal sport after seven innings towards the Los Angeles Dodgers on Friday.
Smyly has thrown 60 of 93 pitches for strikes in his fourth begin this 12 months. He has already matched his season excessive for pitches.
Mookie Betts fouled out to first for the primary out of the seventh. Chris Taylor then struck out trying earlier than J.D. Martinez flied out to proper, drawing a giant spherical of cheers from the gang of 30,381 at Wrigley Field.
Chicago has a 13-0 lead. The Cubs misplaced 6-2 to Los Angeles within the opener of the four-game sequence on Thursday evening.
The 33-year-old Smyly has 9 strikeouts. He fanned six in a row over one stretch.
Smyly went 7-8 with a 3.47 ERA in 22 begins for Chicago final season. He broke into the majors in 2012 with Detroit.
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