After a needed day off Thursday led to an impressive win Friday, the Chicago Cubs hope to continue their playoff push by completing a series win over the host Toronto Blue Jays on Saturday afternoon.
Behind a career-high seven innings from right-hander Javier Assad in his third start of the season and a two-run home run by Cody Bellinger, the Cubs took the opener of the three-game series 6-2 over the Blue Jays on Friday night.The day away also gave the bullpen a break. Five of the Cubs' previous seven games before Friday were decided by two runs or fewer.
"There's no mandates of this guy's got to play, that guy's got to play. It's 'Let's go win baseball games.' It's a refreshing time to be in this push and those guys put themselves in that position and earned it." Toronto had been using a six-man rotation recently, but has pared that to five after optioning struggling right-hander Alek Manoah to Triple-A Buffalo on Friday. It is the second time this season that Manoah has been sent to the minors. The first time, he was shipped to the Florida complex to work out his struggles .
Manoah took the loss Thursday against the weak-hitting Cleveland Guardians, allowing four runs in four-plus innings.
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