Cubs make moves
The Chicago Cubs are working out a plan for their rotation after they placed Brett Anderson on the 10-day disabled list Sunday with a lower back strain.
CHICAGO — The Chicago Cubs are working out a plan for their rotation after they placed Brett Anderson on the 10-day disabled list Sunday with a lower back strain.
Anderson’s back started bothering him in the first inning of Saturday night’s 11-6 loss to the New York Yankees. He recorded just 1 out and was charged with 5 runs and 6 hits.
The Cubs are off Thursday and next Monday. If they go with a fifth starter, reliever Mike Montgomery could move into the rotation, or Eddie Butler could come up from the minors.
“We could do a lot of different things,” Manager Joe Maddon said. “Again just watching these guys pitch the next three days and then saying ‘Does anybody need an extra day? Do you want to pop a sixth guy in there?’ There’s so many different ways to look at it because of the two, Thursday Monday, coming up. So we haven’t committed to anything yet, except that it would be one of those two guys.”
The Cubs also recalled reliever Justin Grimm and infielder Tommy La Stella from Class AAA Iowa before the series finale against the Yankees. Rob Zastryzny was optioned to Chicago’s top farm club.
La Stella was on Chicago’s opening-day roster. He appeared in six games before he was sent down on April 22. He hit .267 (12 for 45) with a home run and two RBI in 12 games with Iowa.
Zastryzny was just promoted before Saturday’s loss. He allowed 3 runs and 3 hits in 4 innings against New York.
Grimm was sent down Friday, but did not pitch for Iowa. The right-hander is 1-0 with a 7.30 ERA in 12 appearances with the Cubs this year.
PADRES-DODGERS
Rainout at Petco SAN DIEGO — The game between the Los Angeles Dodgers and San Diego Padres on Sunday was postponed in the first rainout at Petco Park since 2015.
The game was rescheduled as part of a day-night doubleheader Sept. 2. The first game will start at 12:40 p.m. and the regularly scheduled game has been pushed back from 5:40 p.m. to 7:10 p.m.
It had rained overnight and the forecast was for prolonged showers and possible thunderstorms.
This was the first rainout at Petco since July 19, 2015, a span of 134 games. Prior to the 2015 rainout, there had been 820 games played at Petco Park since the previous rainout on April 4, 2006.
Dodgers Manager Dave Roberts didn’t immediately indicate whether Brandon McCarthy, already pushed back one day, would start Monday night at home against Pittsburgh, or if the Dodgers would stick with Alex Wood.
McCarthy had been scheduled to start Saturday, but Roberts said he tweaked his non-throwing left shoulder in the weight room and was pushed back in favor of Clayton Kershaw, who beat the Padres 10-2.