Cubs 4, White Sox 4: Beware the ties of March, Part 2
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I was as surprised as most of the rest of you when I discovered the White Sox were doing a video webcast of today’s game, with Chuck Garfien and Rich King. Those are familiar Chicago voices, and even though they were doing a White Sox-centric broadcast, it was good to see the Cubs and White Sox Monday afternoon as they played to a 4-4 tie.
The Sox took a 2-0 lead off Alec Mills in the first inning. After a one-out single, Mills walked the bases loaded and former Cubs prospect Eloy Jimenez singled in a pair of runs. Mills wound up throwing three innings, allowing six hits and three runs. It wasn’t the best we’ve seen from Millsy, who also issued three walks.
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MESA, Ariz. The Cubs know what they have in All-Star catcher Willson Contreras. For the first time in a few springs, what Chicago may have to sort out is who backs up Contreras come Opening Day.
The Cubs are holding out hope that veteran Austin Romine signed to be Contreras backup in the wake of the trade that shipped Victor Caratini to the Padres will still be ready in time for the season. Romine, however, is currently dealing with a right knee sprain with no established timetable for return. He s day to day, Cubs manager David Ross said on Friday morning. He s feeling better each and every day. There s just really no timetable. We re just trying to let it calm down a little bit and move forward from there.
Giants 7, Cubs 6: A little bit of this, a little bit of that
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Rafael Ortega, who’s probably not going to make the Opening Day roster, continued his hot hitting with a two-hit game Wednesday afternoon. P.J. Higgins added a solo homer, but it wasn’t enough and the Cubs came up short against the Giants 7-6 at Scottsdale Stadium.
Alec Mills gave up a run in the first inning after retiring the first two hitters, but the Cubs got the run back in the top of the second.
Anthony Rizzo walked and advanced to second on a groundout, after which he scored on a single by Ortega: