Dream matchup forgettable for best buddies

They were groomsmen in each other’s weddings, but Chase Anderson and Mike Bolsinger won’t be raising a glass to the memory of this night any time soon. They started a game opposite each other for the first time Saturday night at Dodger Stadium. Neither made it out of the third inning of a 10-6 win for Bolsinger’s Dodgers over Anderson’s Brewers in which each starter threw precisely 73 pitches, 44 strikes.

Ross provides Cubs’ 3rd homer to beat Bucs

Anthony Rizzo ripped a line-drive home run toward Wrigley Field’s right-field scoreboard Saturday night, and Kris Bryant launched a ball onto Waveland Avenue. But it was David Ross, the beloved 39-year-old backstop they call “Grandpa,” who played the role of hero in the Cubs’ 4-3 win over the Pirates.

Bryant, Arenado both #ASGWorthy choices at 3B

Last season, the Cubs’ Kris Bryant and the Rockies’ Nolan Arenado both made an All-Star team for the first time as National League reserves. It appears one of the two will have the honor of being voted in as the NL’s starting third baseman for the 2016 All-Star Game presented by MasterCard. The question is which of the worthy candidates will end up taking the field at San Diego’s Petco Park on July 12?

Panik punctuates rally vs. Rays in SF’s 7th straight

Jaff Decker backed up to the right-field wall like he had a chance to catch the ball that was crushed off Joe Panik’s bat. The Giants had struggled to find a big hit most of the day. But they got a two-out hit to tie it in the eighth and won their seventh straight game on Panik’s three-run homer in the ninth in a 6-4 win over the Rays.