Cubs Take Series Victory Over Pirates
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A back and forth series between the Pittsburgh Pirates and Chicago Cubs was decided by a back and forth game at Wrigley Field in Sunday’s rubber match. In the end, the Pirates came out on the losing end after Dansby Swanson’s sac fly in the eighth gave the Cubs a 4-3 victory.
Dansby Swanson hit a tiebreaking sacrifice fly in the eighth inning, and the Chicago Cubs beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 4-3 on Sunday in the rubber game of the
A baserunning error by Chicago Cubs shortstop Dansby Swanson cost the team during their loss to the Cincinnati Reds on Monday.
The Brewers saw their 14-game winning streak snapped yesterday by the Reds, 3-2, in ten innings. Cincinnati tied the game at two with a run in the ninth and walked it off at The Great American Ballpark in the tenth on an Austin Hays' single. Jose Quintana allowed a single run over 6.1 innings in another strong start for Milwaukee.
Dansby Swanson will be haunted by this base-running blunder for a little while. The Cubs’ shortstop missed getting his foot on first base in the seventh inning after hitting a chopper to third base and seeming to beat out the throw, thus driving in the game-tying run.
Dansby Swanson gushed over his wife Mallory Swanson when speaking with PEOPLE exclusively about his partnership with DQ for Miracle Treat Day on Thursday, July 31.