Lyles fans 10 in six innings to shut down Cubs:
Lyles allowed three hits and was sharp again in his second start, with's solo shot in the fifth accounting for the lone run against him. The right-hander walked only one as Pittsburgh bounced back from a 10-0 drubbing in the Cubs' home opener Monday to win for the fifth time in six games.Felipe VazquezDarvish and the Cubs continued to struggle on a 40-degree night at Wrigley Field with the wind blowing in from centre field at 20 mph.
Darvish allowed five runs — four earned — and five hits in 5 1/3 innings in his first start at home since May 2, 2018. But the right-hander walked none and struck out four after issuing 11 walks over 6 2/3 innings in his first two outings. Darvish signed a six-year, $126 million contract with the Cubs before the 2018 season, but he made it through only eight starts before being shut down with right triceps tendinitis on May 26.
Heyward's drive in the fourth cut it to 3-1 and reached the edge of the centre-field shrubs despite the steady incoming wind.had an RBI single off relieverChris Archer is still scheduled to start Saturday against Washington as he awaits a ruling on his appeal of a five-game suspension, manager Clint Hurdle said. Archer received the penalty for his part in a bench-clearing fracas last weekend against Cincinnati at PNC Park.
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