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Flaherty fans 9 in 6 scoreless innings as Tigers beat Cubs 4-0 in matchup of AL-NL Central leaders

DETROIT (AP) Jack Flaherty struck out nine over six scoreless innings as the Detroit Tigers defeated the Chicago Cubs 4-0 on Sunday and took two of three games in a matchup of two of the MLB's top teams.

The AL Central-leading Tigers improved to 43-24, while the NL Central-best Cubs fell to 40-25 in the first matchup this season of 40-win teams. According to the Elias Sports Bureau, June 8 matched the earliest such matchup since 2004. The Yankees and Dodgers played the first such game of last season, also on June 8.

Flaherty (5-6) allowed two hits and three walks. After a rough start, the 29-year-old right-hander is 3-1 with a 1.46 ERA and 29 strikeouts in his last four starts.

Cubs rookie starter Cade Horton (3-1) took his first career loss, allowing four runs on seven hits and two walks in six innings.

Detroit took a 2-0 lead on Spencer Torkelson's two-run double in the first and Flaherty retired the first nine batters he faced.

Chicago rallied in the fourth, getting four baserunners but failing to score. Ian Happ and Kyle Tucker led off with walks, and Pete Crow-Armstrong lined a one-out single to right. Right fielder Kerry Carpenter threw Happ out at the plate. Carson Kelly walked to load the bases before Parker Meadows made a jumping catch of Michael Busch's 107-mph liner to center.

The Tigers doubled the lead in the fifth on a two-run double by Riley Greene.

After Dansby Swanson's lead-off double in the fifth, Nico Hoerner took a 2-2 pitch that Statcast showed to be low and inside. Home plate Derek Thomas called it strike three, then quickly ejected Hoerner after he turned to complain. Cubs manager Craig Counsell was also ejected before the argument ended.

The game drew a crowd of 40,343, the third sellout of the weekend after the Tigers had only sold out two games all season. The weekend total of 121,509 is the second-highest series attendance for a three-game series since August 2014.

The Cubs travel to Philadelphia for a three-game series starting Monday. Starting pitchers have not been announced.

The Tigers are off on Monday before RHP Sawyer Gipson-Long (0-0. 7.36) is scheduled to start on Tuesday against the Baltimore Orioles.

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	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Cubs CHC40-25	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
Tigers DET43-24	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	X	4	10	0

Comerica ParkDetroit, MI

W: J. Flaherty (5-6)L: C. Horton (3-1)S: (0)

CHCCubs

DETTigers

.J. FlahertyJack Flaherty
P
6.0 IP, 3 BB, 9 SO, 94 P
.K. CarpenterKerry Carpenter
RF
3-4, R, 2 2B

HITTERS	AB	H	BB	SO	LOB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	FPTS
I. Happ DH	3	0	1	1	1	.251	.340	.359	.699	0.5
K. Tucker RF	3	0	1	2	0	.278	.389	.510	.899	0.0
S. Suzuki LF	4	0	0	3	2	.264	.327	.554	.881	-1.5
P. Crow-Armstrong CF	4	1	0	1	0	.277	.313	.559	.871	0.5
C. Kelly C	3	0	1	1	0	.254	.372	.500	.872	0.5
M. Busch 1B	4	1	0	1	3	.276	.374	.515	.890	0.5
D. Swanson SS	3	2	0	1	0	.241	.293	.422	.715	2.5
N. Hoerner 2B	2	0	0	1	1	.286	.331	.357	.688	-0.5
V. Brujan 2B	1	0	0	0	2	.238	.238	.333	.571	0.0
M. Shaw 3B	3	0	0	1	3	.252	.328	.366	.694	-0.5

HITTERS	AB
I. Happ DH	3
K. Tucker RF	3
S. Suzuki LF	4
P. Crow-Armstrong CF	4
C. Kelly C	3
M. Busch 1B	4
D. Swanson SS	3
N. Hoerner 2B	2
V. Brujan 2B	1
M. Shaw 3B	3

HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	LOB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	FPTS
P. Meadows CF	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	.217	.357	.348	.705	2.0
G. Torres 2B	3	2	1	0	1	2	0	.269	.381	.394	.775	3.0
K. Carpenter RF	4	1	3	0	0	0	2	.274	.301	.507	.808	6.0
W. Perez PR-RF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.294	.351	.647	.998	0.0
R. Greene LF	4	0	2	2	0	1	3	.276	.327	.488	.815	3.5
S. Torkelson 1B	4	0	2	2	0	1	3	.237	.342	.500	.842	4.5
C. Keith DH	3	0	0	0	1	1	3	.240	.332	.380	.712	0.5
D. Dingler C	4	0	0	0	0	2	2	.287	.317	.449	.767	-1.0
Z. McKinstry 3B	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	.271	.358	.417	.775	1.0
J. Baez SS	4	0	0	0	0	1	3	.270	.299	.418	.717	-0.5

HITTERS	AB
P. Meadows CF	4
G. Torres 2B	3
K. Carpenter RF	4
W. Perez PR-RF	0
R. Greene LF	4
S. Torkelson 1B	4
C. Keith DH	3
D. Dingler C	4
Z. McKinstry 3B	4
J. Baez SS	4

2B - D. Swanson (10)
Runners left in scoring position, 2-Out - I. Happ, M. Busch 2 (2), M. Shaw

2B - K. Carpenter 2 (10), S. Torkelson (15)
RBI - R. Greene 2 (44), S. Torkelson 2 (45)
2-Out RBI - S. Torkelson 2 (2)
Runners left in scoring position, 2-Out - R. Greene, S. Torkelson 2 (2), C. Keith, J. Baez 3 (3)

Outfield Assist - K. Carpenter

PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	ERA	WHIP	FPTS
C. Horton (L, 3-1)	5.0	7	4	4	2	6	4.11	1.30	0.0
R. Brasier	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	2.84	1.26	3.0
C. Flexen	2.0	3	0	0	0	2	0.00	0.86	4.0

PITCHERS	IP
C. Horton (L, 3-1)	5.0
R. Brasier	1.0
C. Flexen	2.0

PITCHERS	IP	H	BB	SO	ERA	WHIP	FPTS
J. Flaherty (W, 5-6)	6.0	2	3	9	3.41	1.07	27.5
B. Hanifee	1.0	2	0	0	2.84	1.42	1.0
T. Kahnle	1.0	0	0	2	1.26	0.73	4.0
W. Vest	1.0	0	0	1	1.67	0.93	3.5

PITCHERS	IP
J. Flaherty (W, 5-6)	6.0
B. Hanifee	1.0
T. Kahnle	1.0
W. Vest	1.0

Pitches-Strikes - C. Horton 85-56, R. Brasier 6-4, C. Flexen 25-17
Ground Balls-Fly Balls - C. Horton 4-4, R. Brasier 1-1, C. Flexen 2-3
Batters Faced - C. Horton 24, R. Brasier 3, C. Flexen 9

Pitches-Strikes - J. Flaherty 94-59, B. Hanifee 20-13, T. Kahnle 11-9, W. Vest 11-7
Ground Balls-Fly Balls - J. Flaherty 2-3, B. Hanifee 0-1, W. Vest 1-1
Batters Faced - J. Flaherty 22, B. Hanifee 5, T. Kahnle 3, W. Vest 3

.J. FlahertyJack Flaherty
P
6.0 IP, 3 BB, 9 SO, 94 P
.K. CarpenterKerry Carpenter
RF
3-4, R, 2 2B

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Cubs CHC40-25	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
Tigers DET43-24	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	X	4	10	0

Comerica ParkDetroit, MI

HITTERS	AB	H	BB	SO	LOB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	FPTS
I. Happ DH	3	0	1	1	1	.251	.340	.359	.699	0.5
K. Tucker RF	3	0	1	2	0	.278	.389	.510	.899	0.0
S. Suzuki LF	4	0	0	3	2	.264	.327	.554	.881	-1.5
P. Crow-Armstrong CF	4	1	0	1	0	.277	.313	.559	.871	0.5
C. Kelly C	3	0	1	1	0	.254	.372	.500	.872	0.5
M. Busch 1B	4	1	0	1	3	.276	.374	.515	.890	0.5
D. Swanson SS	3	2	0	1	0	.241	.293	.422	.715	2.5
N. Hoerner 2B	2	0	0	1	1	.286	.331	.357	.688	-0.5
V. Brujan 2B	1	0	0	0	2	.238	.238	.333	.571	0.0
M. Shaw 3B	3	0	0	1	3	.252	.328	.366	.694	-0.5
Total	30	4	3	12	12	-	-	-	-	-

HITTERS	AB
I. Happ DH	3
K. Tucker RF	3
S. Suzuki LF	4
P. Crow-Armstrong CF	4
C. Kelly C	3
M. Busch 1B	4
D. Swanson SS	3
N. Hoerner 2B	2
V. Brujan 2B	1
M. Shaw 3B	3
Total	30

HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	LOB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	FPTS
P. Meadows CF	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	.217	.357	.348	.705	2.0
G. Torres 2B	3	2	1	0	1	2	0	.269	.381	.394	.775	3.0
K. Carpenter RF	4	1	3	0	0	0	2	.274	.301	.507	.808	6.0
W. Perez PR-RF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.294	.351	.647	.998	0.0
R. Greene LF	4	0	2	2	0	1	3	.276	.327	.488	.815	3.5
S. Torkelson 1B	4	0	2	2	0	1	3	.237	.342	.500	.842	4.5
C. Keith DH	3	0	0	0	1	1	3	.240	.332	.380	.712	0.5
D. Dingler C	4	0	0	0	0	2	2	.287	.317	.449	.767	-1.0
Z. McKinstry 3B	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	.271	.358	.417	.775	1.0
J. Baez SS	4	0	0	0	0	1	3	.270	.299	.418	.717	-0.5
Total	34	4	10	4	2	8	17	-	-	-	-	-

HITTERS	AB
P. Meadows CF	4
G. Torres 2B	3
K. Carpenter RF	4
W. Perez PR-RF	0
R. Greene LF	4
S. Torkelson 1B	4
C. Keith DH	3
D. Dingler C	4
Z. McKinstry 3B	4
J. Baez SS	4
Total	34

2B - D. Swanson (10)
Runners left in scoring position, 2-Out - I. Happ, M. Busch 2 (2), M. Shaw

2B - K. Carpenter 2 (10), S. Torkelson (15)
RBI - R. Greene 2 (44), S. Torkelson 2 (45)
2-Out RBI - S. Torkelson 2 (2)
Runners left in scoring position, 2-Out - R. Greene, S. Torkelson 2 (2), C. Keith, J. Baez 3 (3)

Outfield Assist - K. Carpenter

PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	ERA	WHIP	FPTS
C. Horton (L, 3-1)	5.0	7	4	4	2	6	4.11	1.30	0.0
R. Brasier	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	2.84	1.26	3.0
C. Flexen	2.0	3	0	0	0	2	0.00	0.86	4.0
Total	8.0	10	4	4	2	8	-	-	-

PITCHERS	IP
C. Horton (L, 3-1)	5.0
R. Brasier	1.0
C. Flexen	2.0
Total	8.0

PITCHERS	IP	H	BB	SO	ERA	WHIP	FPTS
J. Flaherty (W, 5-6)	6.0	2	3	9	3.41	1.07	27.5
B. Hanifee	1.0	2	0	0	2.84	1.42	1.0
T. Kahnle	1.0	0	0	2	1.26	0.73	4.0
W. Vest	1.0	0	0	1	1.67	0.93	3.5
Total	9.0	4	3	12	-	-	-

PITCHERS	IP
J. Flaherty (W, 5-6)	6.0
B. Hanifee	1.0
T. Kahnle	1.0
W. Vest	1.0
Total	9.0

Pitches-Strikes - C. Horton 85-56, R. Brasier 6-4, C. Flexen 25-17
Ground Balls-Fly Balls - C. Horton 4-4, R. Brasier 1-1, C. Flexen 2-3
Batters Faced - C. Horton 24, R. Brasier 3, C. Flexen 9

Pitches-Strikes - J. Flaherty 94-59, B. Hanifee 20-13, T. Kahnle 11-9, W. Vest 11-7
Ground Balls-Fly Balls - J. Flaherty 2-3, B. Hanifee 0-1, W. Vest 1-1
Batters Faced - J. Flaherty 22, B. Hanifee 5, T. Kahnle 3, W. Vest 3

SCORING

ALL PLAYS

1ST INNING
Torkelson doubled to deep right, G. Torres and P. Meadows scored 0 2
5TH INNING
Greene singled to left center, K. Carpenter and G. Torres scored 0 4

1ST INNING
	Torkelson doubled to deep right, G. Torres and P. Meadows scored	0	2

5TH INNING
	Greene singled to left center, K. Carpenter and G. Torres scored	0	4

1ST INNING
Cubs
J. Flaherty Pitching:
I. Happ: Ball, Foul, Ball, Happ lined out to right
K. Tucker: Ball, Strike looking, Foul, Ball, Foul, Strike swinging, Tucker struck out swinging
S. Suzuki: Ball, Foul, Strike looking, Foul, Foul tip, Suzuki struck out on foul tip
Middle of the 1st (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)
Tigers
C. Horton Pitching:
P. Meadows: Strike looking, Foul, Ball, Ball, Meadows singled to left center
G. Torres: Ball, Ball, Strike swinging, Foul, Pickoff attempt, Ball, Ball, Torres walked, Meadows to second
K. Carpenter: Carpenter fouled out to third
R. Greene: Strike looking, Ball, Strike (foul tip), Foul, Strike looking, Greene struck out looking
S. Torkelson: Strike swinging, Ball, Torkelson doubled to deep right, G. Torres and P. Meadows scored
C. Keith: Strike swinging, Keith flied out to center
End of the 1st (2 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors)
2ND INNING
Cubs
J. Flaherty Pitching:
P. Crow-Armstrong: Strike looking, Ball, Strike swinging, Ball, Crow-Armstrong flied out to left
C. Kelly: Strike looking, Strike looking, Ball, Ball, Strike swinging, Kelly struck out swinging
M. Busch: Strike looking, Ball, Strike looking, Ball, Strike looking, Busch struck out looking
Middle of the 2nd (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)
Tigers
C. Horton Pitching:
D. Dingler: Strike looking, Foul, Ball, Dingler flied out to deep left
Z. McKinstry: Ball, McKinstry grounded out to second
J. Baez: Ball, Foul, Strike swinging, Strike swinging, Baez struck out swinging
End of the 2nd (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)
3RD INNING
Cubs
J. Flaherty Pitching:
D. Swanson: Ball, Strike looking, Ball, Strike looking, Strike swinging, Swanson struck out swinging
N. Hoerner: Strike looking, Strike swinging, Ball, Foul, Ball, Foul, Hoerner flied out to left
M. Shaw: Strike looking, Foul, Shaw grounded out to shortstop
Middle of the 3rd (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)
Tigers
C. Horton Pitching:
P. Meadows: Strike looking, Ball, Strike swinging, Meadows lined out to center
G. Torres: Strike looking, Ball, Foul, Strike swinging, Torres struck out swinging
K. Carpenter: Strike looking, Carpenter reached on an infield single to shortstop
R. Greene: Ball, Pickoff attempt, Strike swinging, Strike looking, Greene singled to left, Carpenter to third, Greene to second
S. Torkelson: Ball, Torkelson popped out to shortstop
End of the 3rd (0 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors)
4TH INNING
Cubs
J. Flaherty Pitching:
I. Happ: Ball, Strike looking, Ball, Ball, Ball, Happ walked
K. Tucker: Ball, Strike looking, Ball, Ball, Ball, Tucker walked, Happ to second
S. Suzuki: Strike looking, Strike swinging, Ball, Strike looking, Suzuki struck out looking
P. Crow-Armstrong: Crow-Armstrong singled to shallow right, Happ out at home, Tucker to third, Crow-Armstrong to second
C. Kelly: Ball, Ball, Strike looking, Ball, Ball, Kelly walked
M. Busch: Busch lined out to center
Middle of the 4th (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors)
Tigers
C. Horton Pitching:
C. Keith: Strike looking, Ball, Ball, Ball, Strike looking, Ball, Keith walked
D. Dingler: Pickoff attempt, Strike looking, Strike swinging, Strike swinging, Dingler struck out swinging
Z. McKinstry: Ball, Pickoff attempt, McKinstry grounded out to second, Keith to second
J. Baez: Strike looking, Foul, Ball, Baez grounded out to shortstop
End of the 4th (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)
5TH INNING
Cubs
J. Flaherty Pitching:
D. Swanson: Strike looking, Foul, Swanson doubled to deep left
N. Hoerner: Ball, Foul, Ball, Foul, Strike looking, Hoerner struck out looking
M. Shaw: Ball, Strike (foul tip), Foul, Ball, Strike swinging, Shaw struck out swinging
I. Happ: Strike looking, Strike swinging, Foul, Ball, Ball, Happ grounded out to first
Middle of the 5th (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors)
Tigers
Vidal Brujan at second base
P. Meadows: Meadows flied out to deep left
G. Torres: Ball, Strike looking, Ball, Strike looking, Ball, Torres singled to center
K. Carpenter: Ball, Ball, Carpenter doubled to deep right, Torres to third
R. Greene: Strike (foul tip), Foul, Ball, Greene singled to left center, K. Carpenter and G. Torres scored
S. Torkelson: Strike swinging, Pickoff attempt, Strike looking, Strike swinging, Torkelson struck out swinging
C. Keith: Ball, Ball, Strike swinging, Strike swinging, Strike swinging, Keith struck out swinging
End of the 5th (2 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors)
6TH INNING
Cubs
J. Flaherty Pitching:
K. Tucker: Ball, Strike looking, Strike looking, Strike looking, Tucker struck out looking
S. Suzuki: Strike looking, Strike swinging, Suzuki flied out to deep right
P. Crow-Armstrong: Strike swinging, Crow-Armstrong popped out to third
Middle of the 6th (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)
Tigers
Ryan Brasier relieved Cade Horton
D. Dingler: Dingler grounded out to third
Z. McKinstry: McKinstry popped out to shortstop
J. Baez: Ball, Ball, Foul, Baez flied out to right
End of the 6th (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)
7TH INNING
Cubs
Brenan Hanifee relieved Jack Flaherty
C. Kelly: Strike looking, Ball, Ball, Ball, Kelly lined out to shortstop
M. Busch: Strike looking, Strike swinging, Ball, Ball, Foul, Foul, Ball, Foul, Foul, Busch singled to left center
D. Swanson: Swanson singled to shallow center, Busch to second
V. Brujan: Strike looking, Ball, Brujan fouled out to left
M. Shaw: Shaw lined out to right
Middle of the 7th (0 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors)
Tigers
Chris Flexen relieved Ryan Brasier
P. Meadows: Ball, Ball, Foul, Meadows grounded out to second
G. Torres: Strike looking, Ball, Foul, Strike swinging, Torres struck out swinging
K. Carpenter: Strike looking, Carpenter doubled to left
Wenceel Perez ran for Kerry Carpenter
R. Greene: Greene flied out to deep center
End of the 7th (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors)
8TH INNING
Cubs
Wenceel Perez in right field
Tommy Kahnle relieved Brenan Hanifee
I. Happ: Ball, Strike looking, Foul, Strike looking, Happ struck out looking
K. Tucker: Foul, Foul, Ball, Intentional ball, Tucker popped out to third
S. Suzuki: Strike looking, Foul, Strike swinging, Suzuki struck out swinging
Middle of the 8th (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)
Tigers
C. Flexen Pitching:
S. Torkelson: Strike looking, Foul, Ball, Ball, Torkelson singled to shallow left
C. Keith: Keith flied out to right
D. Dingler: Ball, Foul, Foul, Pickoff attempt, Ball, Ball, Pickoff attempt, Strike swinging, Dingler struck out swinging
Z. McKinstry: McKinstry singled to right, Torkelson to third, McKinstry to second
J. Baez: Baez flied out to center
End of the 8th (0 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors)
9TH INNING
Cubs
Will Vest relieved Tommy Kahnle
P. Crow-Armstrong: Strike looking, Strike swinging, Ball, Ball, Strike swinging, Crow-Armstrong struck out swinging
C. Kelly: Ball, Ball, Foul, Kelly grounded out to second
M. Busch: Strike looking, Busch flied out to left
Middle of the 9th (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)

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