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CHICAGO (AP) — Yovani Gallardo Jersey , Kyle Schwarber and the Chicago Cubs put on their own show.Schwarber homered and drove in two runs, and the Cubs beat the crosstown White Sox 6-1 on Sunday to lower their magic number for clinching the NL Central title to five.Ben Zobrist had three hits and Kyle Hendricks dazzled again as the Cubs took the rubber game of the weekend series. They also stayed 2½ games ahead of second-place Milwaukee, which cruised to a 13-6 victory at Pittsburgh.West brought some real star power to the finale of this year’s Windy City series, with the rapper throwing out a surprise ceremonial first pitch alongside his son Saint. Once the game began, it was all Cubs.“You saw the baserunning today. We scored with outs today. We moved the ball with two strikes today. We had a couple base hits to the opposite field today,” manager Joe Maddon said. “The ball was moved, and that’s why you saw the good result.”Playing the field for the first time since being sidelined with a back injury, Schwarber led off the second with a long drive off Carlos Rodon (6-7) for his first homer against a left-hander this season and his 26th overall. He doubled home Albert Almora Jr. in the third, giving the Cubs a 5-0 lead.“A couple good days at the plate,” said Schwarber Eric Thames Jersey , who also had two hits while serving as the designated hitter for Saturday’s 8-3 victory. “Just got to, you know, keep that good feeling going into these last couple games.”Rodon’s rough September continued as the White Sox lost for the fifth time in seven games. He was tagged for six runs and nine hits in 2 1/3 innings while dropping to 0-4 with a 6.84 ERA in five starts this month.“I went out there and did the best I could. Definitely came up well short,” Rodon said.The South Siders finished with just four hits, scoring their only run on Tim Anderson’s ground-rule double in the fifth.The Cubs got four hits — in the first.Daniel Murphy and Zobrist opened the game with consecutive singles. After Javier Baez struck out swinging, Anthony Rizzo hit an RBI double, Almora drove in Zobrist with a grounder to third and David Bote added a run-scoring single on a bouncer down the third-base line.“They came out very aggressive,” White Sox manager Rick Renteria said.It was more than enough for Hendricks (13-11), who is on quite a roll heading into the final days of the regular season. The right-hander struck out five and walked none in 7 2/3 innings.Hendricks pitched 8 2/3 innings of one-run ball in a 5-1 victory at Arizona last Monday. He is 4-1 with a 1.37 ERA in his last six starts.“This has been a different end to the season for me, going this deep into ballgames back to back Glenn Robinson Jersey , kind of,” he said. “I haven’t had that before, but it’s really just a product of having a good lead. We’ve had a lot of runs up there and I’ve just been making some good pitches.”HAWK’S LAST DAYLongtime White Sox broadcaster Ken “Hawk” Harrelson worked his final game, closing out a colorful TV career after three-plus decades in the booth. He wiped away a few tears when he was shown on the videoboard in center before the bottom of the ninth, and he waved and tapped his heart when the White Sox and Cubs applauded and waved their hats toward the booth after the final out.TRAINER’S ROOMCubs: 3B Kris Bryant was held out because of fatigue in his left shoulder. The 2016 NL MVP was on the disabled list from July 26 to Sept. 1 with left shoulder inflammation. He missed time earlier in the season with the same issue. Maddon said Bryant’s shoulder is “a little bit fatigued, not hurting, just fatigued.”UP NEXTCubs: LHP Cole Hamels (9-10, 3.90 ERA) starts Monday night against Pittsburgh in the opener of a seven-game homestand that wraps up the regular season. Jameson Taillon (13-9, 3.24 ERA) pitches for the Pirates.White Sox: RHP Dylan Covey (5-13, 5.33 ERA) gets the ball for the opener of a three-game series against AL Central champion Cleveland. Corey Kluber (19-7 http://www.brewersfanproshop.com/authentic-manny-pina-jersey , 2.93 ERA) pitches for the visiting Indians on Monday night. BALTIMORE — The Oakland A’s received more bad pitching news Tuesday but kept marching merrily on and increased their winning streak to five. They will try to move that to six Wednesday when they take on the Baltimore Orioles at Camden Yards.Oakland lost top starter Sean Manaea as the team confirmed that “Manaea will have arthroscopic surgery on his left shoulder on Sept. 19… in Los Angeles.” Manager Bob Melvin told the media before Tuesday’s game that they’re not expecting to see the pitcher in 2019.“I think the specifics we’ll talk about more so after the surgery, so we know exactly what was repaired,” Melvin told the media. “But unfortunately, it’s another one we’re going to have to wait basically a year for, and we really and truly feel for him.”Article continues below ...Manaea ends the season with a 12-9 record plus a 3.59 ERA and is part of a large number of Oakland pitchers who’ve had surgery or gone to the disabled list for a long stretch.Still, the A’s keep winning. Their offense has stepped up and made the A’s a dangerous team. For example, Stephen Piscotty, who had an RBI single in Tuesday’s win, now has a 12-game hitting streak plus a six-game RBI streak after going 3-for-4 with an RBI in the 3-2 victory over the Orioles on Tuesday.As for Wednesday’s game, the A’s might turn to their bullpen. The team now has 21 pitchers on board thanks to the September roster expansion Cecil Cooper Jersey , and there has been no official announcement yet, various media reports have Liam Hendriks (0-1, 6.32) will start, likely as part of a bullpen effort.Hendriks has made 17 appearances this season, with 14 coming in relief. The Australian is 0-0 with a 6.10 career ERA in 16 games (one start) against the Orioles.Baltimore will start Andrew Cashner (4-14, 4.89). The right-hander has run into the same problem as many Oriole pitchers — too many homers allowed. He’s given up a career-high 24 home runs this season.Cashner has pitched well several times but also like other Oriole pitchers, just hasn’t always gotten the needed run support.The veteran has a 1-0 record with a 4.30 ERA in five games (four starts) versus the A’s.Also regarding pitching, Baltimore starter Alex Cobb’s blister problems got him again Tuesday. He had to leave after just two innings as the blister issue came up once more, and the Orioles needed to take him out.“It’s been a challenge for him,” Orioles manager Buck Showalter said after Tuesday’s game. “He was really frustrated http://www.brewersfanproshop.com/authentic-hernan-perez-jersey , and we’ll look at it again, see how it manages.”The Orioles, meanwhile, have dropped five in a row. They are struggling at the plate and also on defense, where several mistakes have helped opponents score in recent games.Baltimore made several moves before the series opener. The Orioles selected the contract of outfielder DJ Stewart from Triple-A Norfolk and recalled right-hander Cody Carroll from the same team.They also reinstated catcher Andrew Susac from the restricted list and moved Mark Trumbo and pitcher Pedro Araujo to the 60-day disabled list.