Chicago Cubs vs Arizona Diamondbacks Live Streaming

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9:40 pm EDT Tue Jul 6, 2010

The Chicago Cubs have won four straight over the Arizona Diamondbacks for the first time. They’ll try to extend that streak Tuesday night with Carlos Silva on the mound when the teams continue a three-game set at Chase Field. Chicago has always struggled against Arizona, going 36-52 from that franchise’s 1998 inception through last season. After Arizona won the teams’ first meeting of 2010, however, the Cubs have responded with a total of 10 homers and 37 runs to easily take the next four. Starlin Castro and Geovany Soto each drove in two runs as part of an 11-hit performance by the Chicago lineup in a 9-4 victory Monday. Alfonso Soriano could be back in the lineup after he went 4 for 23 last week during a seven-game homestand. Soriano delivered a pinch-hit, two-run homer Monday, and is 8 for 12 with five homers and 12 RBIs over the Cubs’ last four games against Arizona.

Derrek Lee also did not start Monday after going 3 for 25 on the homestand. Aramis Ramirez returned to the Chicago lineup after missing two games with a sprained left thumb, and had a single in four at-bats. The Cubs will give the ball to their top starter in Silva, who is 0-2 with a 3.04 ERA while receiving four total runs of support in his last four starts - all team losses - after winning his previous six. Chicago won all 10 of Silva’s starts from April 16-June 7. The right-hander allowed two runs over 7 2-3 innings last Thursday in a 3-2, 10-inning loss to Cincinnati. Silva turned in his worst outing as a Cub on May 1 in a 7-5 win over Arizona, allowing a season-high five runs over five innings and not receiving a decision. The Diamondbacks have lost three straight since winning Kirk Gibson’s managerial debut last Friday against the Los Angeles Dodgers. Arizona has totaled six runs in the three losses.

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New York Yankees vs Oakland Athletics Live Streaming

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10:05 pm EDT Tue Jul 6, 2010

CC Sabathia has won six straight starts, but extending that streak may not be easy since he’s pitching in a difficult venue for him against a starter who is also on a roll. The New York Yankees ace looks to notch a rare victory near his hometown at the Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum on Tuesday night when he faces fellow All-Star Trevor Cahill, who is unbeaten at home for the Athletics. Sabathia has posted a 2.00 ERA in winning every start since the beginning of June and can equal his career-best streak of winning seven straight outings Aug. 5-Sept. 7, 2005, with Cleveland. It probably won’t be easy for the native of Vallejo, about 30 miles north of Oakland. In 10 starts at the Coliseum, the left-hander is 2-5 with a 5.95 ERA - his highest mark in any current AL ballpark. That includes a four-hitter in a 4-2 loss to the Athletics on April 22. After that defeat, the veteran admitted he used to press pitching in front of friends and family, but he believes that’s in the past.

Sabathia has pitched eight innings in each of his last three outings, yielding two runs in a 4-2 home win over Seattle on Thursday. He’ll be facing a tough opponent in Cahill, who is 7-0 with a 2.12 ERA over his last nine outings. The right-hander, who has never faced New York, is 4-0 with a 1.35 ERA in five home starts. Cahill, who gave up one run over seven innings in an 8-1 victory at Baltimore on Thursday, was ecstatic to be selected by Yankees manager Joe Girardi to represent the A’s for the All-Star game in Anaheim near his hometown of Oceanside, Calif. The Yankees have won three straight after opening this series with a 3-1 victory Monday. Javier Vazquez went seven innings as part of a three-hitter, with Mariano Rivera bouncing back from a blown save Sunday with a perfect ninth for his 19th save. Mark Teixeira homered and Curtis Granderson tripled in a run as New York improved to 3-1 against Oakland. The Yankees are trying to capture a series at the Coliseum for the fourth straight time.

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