Willson Contreras homered two times — as soon as within the 9th inning towards Cubs infielder Yolmer Sanchez — and Javy Baez and Victor Caratini additionally homered to energy the Cubs to a 10-Zero rout of the White Sox within the opening recreation in their season-ending crosstown sequence at Guaranteed Rate Field Friday.
Yu Darvish pitched seven scoreless innings of three-hit ball to stay the Sox, who controlled 3 hits, quiet from begin to end.
The Cubs (33-25) had clinched a playoff berth Tuesday however had misplaced 3 immediately and 5 of six and scored 10 runs of their closing 10 video games getting in, so it was once a welcome offensive explosion towards former Cubs prospect Dylan Cease.
The Cubs magic quantity to clinch the NL Central is one.
The Sox (34-24) misplaced their 6th immediately and 7th of 8 since clinching a playoff berth closing Thursday. They path the AL Central main Twins, who misplaced to the Reds, via one recreation. The Indians, who finished a four-game sweep towards the Sox in Cleveland Thursday, rallied previous the Pirates to drag right into a tie for 2d with the Sox.
Cease was once seeking to win for the primary time since Sept. 3. He hadn’t thrown greater than 5 innings in 5 immediately begins, and was once coming off a seven-walk recreation towards the Reds Sunday.
To the echo of Cubs voices howling from the guests dugout, Contreras flipped his bat immediately up towards the sky after his house run and Cease, shedding no matter grip he had on a imaginable get started in a imaginable Game Three get started within the Wild Card spherical, failed to move previous 5 innings for the 6th immediately get started.
In what gave the look to be a reaction to the bat turn, Contreras was once hit within the again via a Jimmy Cordero fastball within the 7th. After plate umpire Dan Bellino and his workforce conferred close to the mound, Cordero was once ejected.
With that, supervisor Rick Renteria and pitching trainer Don Cooper each stormed out of the dugout and have been additionally ejected, Renteria for the 3rd time this week.
The crosstown competitors end the common season Saturday and Sunday.