Yankees vs. Cubs Game Highlights (9/6/24) | MLB Highlights

what a day for return to rickley field welcome back old friend fand getting ready for the return of Anthony Rizo and a meeting with an old friend in half Chicago Cubs taking on the New York Yankees for a big weekend series here in Chicago ladies and gentlemen he was a three time Allstar four time Gold Glove winner and 2017 Roberto Clemente Award winner for his chable efforts in and around the Chicago land area please welcome back 2016 World Series champion former Chicago Cubs first baseman number 44 Anthony [Music] Rizo starting pitcher for the Cubs Lefty Jordan Wicks making his eighth start of course lost a bunch of the season to the iil first start back coming out the iil Sunday at Washington that was his first outing since June 14th performed well in that one change up is his best offering laaber Torres will lead things off and the red hot though glaber Torres keeping it real as he leads off with a single here in the first Torres hitting 246 leads off the game with a soft single to Setter and the batter is Juan SoDo look at this strike three and that's out number one here's how judge just missed as judge Works a walk so a one out walk issue to judge and with two- on here comes Austin Wells swing and a miss strike three he got him with a high hard one and that's out number two strikeout number two for Wix so with two out and two on Wix will battle John Carlos scanton and that one's bounced up there another walk and that loads the bases for Chism bouncing ball back to the mound Wix has it runs halfway way to First shoves it to Bush and that ends the inning Luis heel back on the mound on the north side of Chicago there in the numbers on the year welcome back he miss two turns through the rotation with some lower back issues but his rehab outing 80 pitches in that rehab so he should be ready for 9095 this afternoon here's Ian hap swing in a high popup right center field going out on the grass is vuli the short stop makes the catch in Shallow right center and that's out number one and here's Michael bus swing and a popup right out of the infield coming down actually now behind home plate it's drifting Wells going back and Austin Wells makes the catch behind home plate about midpoint between the plate and the back stop two away nobody on here in the bottom of the first to score this game here's SE Suzuki dhing today for Chicago breaking ball missed Ball Four Cubs have a man on Suzuki gets the free ride and it brings up Cody Bellinger Runner goes pitched is punched on the ground right to Short Stop vul on one knee gets up throws to First and it's in time and that's the third out wining off the Yankees second and eight first baseman number 48 Anthony Rizo bouncer toward the middle Dansby Swanson gloves it he'll throw to first to get him and that's out number one one down second inning no score and the batter Anthony vulpi there's a liner shallow left coming in Ian ha makes the catch and that's out number two he'll hit a Fly ball and the shadow left Center going out is Swanson and he'll give away to hap one two three inning for Jordan Wicks it's keep an eye on Swanson at first two down Pete Crow Armstrong at the plate swing and a miss strike three there's the 98 mph heater and that'll wrap up the second inning Torres at second base hit by stto and now two men on for Aaron judge that one is inside third and down the left field line for judge Torres will score moving to third is stto it's an RBI double for judge his 125th Ry and it's one nothing Ys well it's just a matter of time before Aaron judge breaks out of this mini slump Yankees up one- nothing Runners at second and third and here's Austin Wells with nobody out there lined into left field it's a base hit that's going to score two stto scores judge scores it's a two-run single for Wells and the Yankees lead three nothing Anthony Rizzo leads off the fourth swinging a liner left field there's a base hit for Rizzo back at Wrigley Field he laces one into left and the Yankees have the bleed off hitter aboard to start the fourth bouncers slowly toward second glove by horners tags out Rizzo throws to First In Time double play so here's Alex Verdugo upstairs for ball four so Verdugo draws a two- out walk that's the fourth walk of the afternoon for Jordan Wicks here's glamber Torres bounc to short fielded by Swanson underhand feed to hoer there's the force that's the inning CU still looking for their first knock they haven't not made a lot of solid contact against heal here today Bellinger back with the Cubs reigned on a three-year deal worth 80 million down the first basine that's a base hit Cody headed for two and it's a double for Cody Bellinger well there's the first hit of the day for the Cubs man in scoring position for the first time this afternoon Bellinger's 23rd double of the Season here's ESO Paredes swing and a miss strike three the for seamer at 97 again and he'll fans parades for the second time today two outs and the batter will be nicoo horon swung on hard grounder back up the middle the second baseman Torres has it throws to First and the inning is over so Anthony Rizzo today has returned to Wrigley Field ground out to short single in a walk and here's Anthony vuli in the center PCA slides and he makes the catch right in front of the flock of pitchin Pete Crow Armstrong out number three to end the top of the sixth inning the speed on display from PCA so two out nobody on three nothing Yankees bottom of the sixth and SE Suzuki's at the pl and it is in there called strike three the slider from heel it freees Suzuki and a one two three bottom of the six for Lu he Le's retired eight in a row a leadoff walk to Cody Bellinger esok has struck out twice quite a day for parades he struck out three times one away here in the seven the Third is for the force first it's not in time no chance to get ni there and a fielder's choice he's taken outside Runners off throw to Second and it goes into center field nicoo hor on the third stolen base throwing air the Cubs are in business here in the set swing and a miss strike three cousins take care of the rest by himself two outs nobody on V's over for three ground it and Diving stop by Swanson no throw infield single for vulpi and he lines up base hit to right field vulpi will stop at second couple of two out singles for the Yankees first and second glaber Torres coming up Fly ball right center on the run is Crow Armstrong makes the catch and the inning is over the Cubs need a big rally bottom of the ninth inning at rley field and on the mound going for the save is the righty Luke Weaver and he goes around push down on strikes Weaver off to a good start here is Suzuki against Weaver swinging a Miss Suzuki down on strikes one out to go here's Bellinger and he bounced it up there so Bellinger reaches for the third time the double and two walks parades has struck out three times in this one chopped over the middle Torres Fields goes to first he got him ball game over and the Yankees win three to nothing Weaver picks up his first save in his first opportunity and the Yankee three runs hold up as they take the first game of this three- game set and they take the series opener here at Wrigley 3 nothing over the Cubs