A irritating season for the Chicago Cubs took one other dangerous activate Sunday when Colten Brewer landed on the injured listing.
The Cubs introduced previous to their collection finale in opposition to the Los Angeles Angels that Brewer was positioned on the 60-day injured listing.
Brewer instructed reporters he suffered a damaged hand in Saturday’s sport after punching the dugout wall in frustration. The precise-hander was charged with three runs (one earned) on two hits and two walks in 0.2 innings.
“My intention wasn’t to interrupt my hand,” Brewer mentioned. “I am going to get pissed off and make errors. That is no excuse. There’s rather a lot I can show on the market, that I am prepared to not do stuff like that. Feelings get the most effective of us generally.”
Brewer entered the sport to begin the third inning. He got here on to alleviate Kyle Hendricks, who allowed two runs on 4 hits in two innings.
The primary three hitters reached base in opposition to Brewer, together with one due to a throwing error by the right-hander. It was one in all two throwing errors within the inning, with the second dedicated by first baseman Michael Busch.
By the point the third inning was over, the Cubs had been trailing 5-0. They went on to lose the sport 7-0 with Angels starter Tyler Anderson placing out 10 over eight shutout innings.
Since successful 18 of their first 30 video games to begin the season, the Cubs are 23-37 within the final 60 video games. Their 41-49 file coming into Sunday is the third-worst within the NL, forward of solely the Colorado Rockies (32-57) and Miami Marlins (31-58).
Regardless of their ongoing struggles, the Cubs are solely six video games out of a wild card spot as a result of the center of the NL has been mediocre up to now.
Brewer is in his first season with the Cubs after signing a deal in January. He completed 2023 with the Hanshin Tigers in Japan after showing in three video games with the New York Yankees early within the season.
The 31-year-old has a 5.66 ERA with 22 strikeouts over 20.2 innings in 16 appearances this season. He will probably be eligible to return on Sept. 6.