Right-hander Adbert Alzolay left Friday’s game against the Marlins with an apparent leg injury. Something appeared to be wrong with Alzolay as he threw a pitch to the plate and reached for his left leg and immediately called for medical attention.
After a quick conversation with head athletic trainer PJ Mainville and manager David Ross, Alzolay was removed from the game.
Something appeared to be wrong with Alzolay when the inning started as he allowed the first six batters of the inning to reach base, including a grand slam by Bryan De La Cruz, to give Miami a 5-4 lead.
The injury likely came in the top of the second inning as Alzolay was running the bases. The Cubs’ right-hander doubled to lead-off the inning and was on the bases for an extended period of time before coming out to pitch again.
Things didn’t get better after Alzolay’s injury as right-hander Dan Winkler couldn’t stop the bleeding, allowing a whopping seven runs in the inning. The Marlins sent 15 batters to the plate in the second inning, scoring 11 runs on eight hits including two home runs (one grand slam). The 11-run second inning was the most runs scored in an inning against the Cubs this season. It was also the second day in a row the Cubs allowed two double digit innings.
Miami added two more runs in the third inning on a Jesus Aguilar two-run shot.
After struggling against Brewers pitching at Wrigley Field, the Cubs offense got to work early in Friday’s game against the Marlins and came out on the attack against starter Jesus Luzardo.
Second baseman kicked things off for the Cubs in the first inning as he launched a long two-run shot to give the Cubs an early 2-0 lead. The 423-foot blast was just Bote’s second long ball since coming off the injured list.
The Cubs added two more runs in the second inning on an RBI-triple by center fielder Johneshwy Fargas and sacrifice fly by Sergio Alcantara that at the time made it a 4-1 Cubs lead before the disastrous second inning.
He said it
Ross on the team’s rough stretch: “My mindset is like we’ve got to get better. I think that’s the main thing. Continue to compete. We’ve had two really good teams come in here in a moment where we’re not at our strongest and so it hadn’t looked good. Not a great homestand, but the teams we’ve played are really talented. We’ve been in some of those games and we haven’t been in a couple of them. But what I would say is that nobody likes losing.”
