While Cubs can't finish sweep of Rays, Steele 'not too concerned' about arm injury. McGrawDHSports Cubs
But after starter Justin Steele left early with an injury, the Cubs didn't have enough pitching to finish things off, then couldn't get a clutch hit at the end. While the Rays won 4-3 at Wrigley Field to avoid the sweep, the Cubs departed for a 10-game West Coast trip not feeling too down.
"Just forearm tightness," Steele said."I'm really not too concerned about it. I think it was more precautionary." by signing up you agree to our terms of service Ross said Steele told the training staff his forearm started to tighten up between the second and third innings.
Wesneski came on and cruised through the middle innings. But a key moment arrived with two outs in the top of the seventh. Wesneski walked Manuel Margot and with a left-handed hitter coming up, Ross called for Mark Leiter Jr. from the bullpen. The Cubs took a 3-2 lead in the bottom of the seventh when Seiya Suzuki led off with a double and scored on Trey Mancini's pinch-hit RBI single. But Leiter Jr. gave up another 2-run homer in the eighth to Jose Siri, which landed in almost the exact same spot as Lowe's.
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