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Cubs shut out by Brewers in early game before storms
Freddy Peralta allowed one hit in six innings for his major league-leading 15th win, and the Milwaukee Brewers beat the Chicago Cubs 7-0 on Monday. Milwaukee won for the 15th time in 16 games and extended its NL Central lead to nine over the rival Cubs. The teams were scheduled to play a split doubleheader at Wrigley Field, but the nightcap was postponed due to a forecast of inclement weather. It will be made up Tuesday afternoon as the first game of a day-night twinbill. Peralta (15-5) struck out six as Milwaukee improved to an MLB-best 79-45. The Brewers, who had their franchise-record 14-game winning streak snapped by Cincinnati on Sunday, have won 23 of 28 since the All-Star break. Brice Turang and Caleb Durbin each had two hits, two RBIs and a solo home run to lead the offense. Milwaukee relievers Abner Uribe, Jared Koenig and Grant Anderson held Chicago to one hit over the final three innings. The Brewers jumped on Cubs starter Cade Horton (7-4) early. After Turang's homer in the third, Horton allowed three of the next four batters to reach base and was removed from the game with a blister on his right middle finger. Drew Pomeranz retired the ensuing batter to escape the inning with a one-run deficit. Chicago called up two pitchers Monday in Luke Little and Gavin Hollowell. Little's throwing error in the sixth allowed a run to score. Hollowell gave up four earned runs on four walks and two hits in the eighth. Down 1-0, the Cubs had an opportunity to take the lead in the fourth. Peralta walked three consecutive batters to load the bases with one out, but he struck out rookie Owen Caissie and retired Nico Hoerner to end the inning. Chicago managed only two hits and lost for the sixth time in 10 games. Matthew Boyd (11-6, 2.46 ERA) is set to pitch the first game Tuesday for the Cubs, and Jameson Taillon (7-6, 4.44) is probable to start the nightcap after returning from the 15-day injured list Monday. Milwaukee RHP Chad Patrick (3-7, 3.52 ERA) is scheduled to start the opener, with Brandon Woodruff (4-0, 2.06) slated to start Game 2.
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White Sox hammer struggling Strider in win over Braves
Luis Robert Jr. homered to spark a six-run fourth inning and the Chicago White Sox beat the Atlanta Braves 13-9 on Monday night. Robert followed Andrew Benintendi's leadoff single against a struggling Spencer Strider with his 13th homer to put Chicago up 3-0. Mike Tauchman drove in two with a bases-loaded double, and Lenyn Sosa's two-out RBI single made it 7-0. Brooks Baldwin hit his eighth home run, a leadoff shot in the third to give Chicago the lead. Sosa hit his 17th homer, a three-run drive off Austin Cox in the sixth for a 10-1 advantage. Kyle Teel and Benintendi both had four of Chicago's 19 hits. Yoendrys Gómez (3-1) allowed four runs in five innings for the win in his second career start. Grant Taylor pitched a scoreless ninth to close it out. Strider (5-11) was ineffective for a third straight start, allowing seven runs and 10 hits in three-plus innings. He has given up 20 runs and seven homers in his last 11 2/3 innings. Michael Harris II went 4 for 4 with a two-run homer — his 15th — for Atlanta to extend his hitting streak to 11 games. He leads the majors with 49 hits since the All-Star break. Jurickson Profar hit his eighth and ninth homers — a two-run shot off Mike Vasil in the sixth and a three-run shot off Owen White in the eighth. Jordan Leasure struck out Eli White with the bases loaded to end the eighth. White batted in Harris' spot after coming in as a pinch runner when Harris singled leading off the inning with the Braves trailing 13-5. Braves reliever Daysbel Hernández had the longest active streak without allowing a homer end at 54 2/3 innings when Teel hit this third leading off the seventh. White Sox rookie RHP Shane Smith (3-7, 4.01 ERA) starts Tuesday opposite Braves RHP Bryce Elder (5-9, 5.89).
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Lox & Loaded gun club aims for self-defense for Jewish community amid antisemitism threat
Lox & Loaded — it's the catchy name behind a new gun club formed in Chicago. The gun club is aimed at giving Jews and allies the tools to defend themselves with antisemitism at historic levels in the U.S. On a recent Saturday morning, Gayle Pearlstein was not observing the Jewish sabbath in the traditional sense. She was instead leading a weekly ritual of a different kind — in the form of target practice at Article II Range in Lombard. "It's never been easy being Jewish, but it's feeling harder and harder," said Lox & Loaded Member Jeffrey Sumber. "I think people that were in liberal households, or weren't accustomed to firearms, are realizing that the police cannot be at every street corner and every event," added Pearlstein. Most pulling the trigger at the Lombard gun range are inexperienced shooters — like retired psychologist Dr. Marla Friedman. "I do not want to shoot anybody, but I don't want to be unprepared," Friedman said. Others in the class said they have never had an interest in guns until recently. "I never thought that I would own guns or shoot guns as a hobby," said Lox & Loaded member Josh Weiner. "We aren't big Second Amendment gun people, but we love our identity, and we will do anything to preserve it," said Daniel Schwartz, president of the Chicago Jewish Alliance, "and if that means defending it, we will." Pearlstein, a firearms instructor with Lucky Star Tactical, started Lox & Loaded. "Lox & Loaded is a shooting club for people of Jewish heritage and their allies," she said. "We are 100% inclusive." The Lox & Loaded chapter that practices at the Article II range is just one of several chapters that meets regularly in the Chicago suburbs and a handful of other states. Pearlstein said since launching Lox & Loaded in March, more than 200 people have signed up. Since Oct. 7, 2023, Pearlstein said sales for firearm instruction have jumped some 60%. "You are your first defender," she said, "and that's where we come in. That's where we're training you safely." FBI data from last year showed that anti-Jewish hate crimes made up nearly 70% of all religion-based hate crimes. According to the State of Antisemitism in America report published in February, 33% of American Jews say they personally have been targets of antisemitism in person or online once this past year. In June, a man was arrested for throwing Molotov cocktails at a group of demonstrators in Boulder, Colorado, who supported the Israeli hostages taken by Hamas in October 2023. Weeks earlier, a Chicago man was arrested in a shooting that killed two Israeli embassy staffers outside the Capital Jewish Museum in Washington, D.C. Hate crime and terrorism charges were also announced late last year after a Jewish man was shot while walking to synagogue in West Rogers Park — though the suspect in that case later died in custody. Back at the range in Lombard, members of Lox & Loaded said they were drawn to the class due to the increase in antisemitic incidents and rhetoric. "It's a cause I really believe in," Sumber said. "I'm super concerned about the state of things in the world right now." "This is an opportunity for the Jewish community and our allies to really learn how to, you know, use the Second Amendment effectively and defensively," added Schwartz. While Pearlstein teaches her students to avoid violent or confrontational situations, some say they want the skills to protect themselves just in case. "I want to see every able-bodied Jew to have a gun," said Friedman.
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White Sox notch season-high 13 runs in win over Braves
August 19 - The Chicago White Sox went deep four times and scored a season-high in runs before surviving a late Atlanta rally to beat the Braves 13-9 on Monday and snap a four-game losing skid. Chicago led 13-5 entering the eighth when Atlanta scored four times and had the bases loaded with the tying run at the plate. Eli White, who entered the game earlier in the inning as a pinch-runner for Michael Harris, struck out to end the threat. Brooks Baldwin, Luis Robert Jr., Lenyn Sosa and Kyle Teel each hit home runs to spark the season-high 19-hit attack. Teel and Benintendi each had four hits. Atlanta's Harris had four hits, including a two-run homer, and Jurickson Profar added a pair of home runs with five RBIs. Profar and Matt Olson both had three of the Braves' 15 hits. Yoendrys Gomez (3-1) pitched five innings and allowed four runs -- three earned -- on seven hits, one walk and three strikeouts in his second career start. Atlanta starter Spencer Strider (5-11) took his third straight loss. He worked a season-low three innings and allowed seven runs on 10 hits -- two of them home runs -- with one walk and two strikeouts. Strider has allowed seven homers over his last three starts. The White Sox got a run in the third inning when Baldwin hit his eighth home run, a solo shot that reached the front of the seats in left-center field. Chicago went deep against Strider again in the fourth inning. Benintendi singled and Robert followed with a two-run shot into the White Sox' bullpen in left field. The White Sox went on to score six runs in the fourth to take a 7-0 lead. Mike Tauchman doubled in two runs to knock Strider out of the game. Miguel Vargas added a sacrifice fly and Sosa singled in another run. Chicago added a three-run homer from Sosa in the sixth inning against reliever Austin Cox, and a solo shot from Teel against Daysbel Hernandez in the seventh. --Field Level Media
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With repeated flooding, Chicago alders call for action to prevent backflow into basements
Downpours Monday night left several streets flooded in Chicago, yet homeowners kept their fingers crossed that the rain would at least stay outside. The rain left people nervous in particular on the South and West sides. The threat of heavy rain makes them uneasy and worried that sewage will back up in their basement — a nasty sight they are tired of experiencing. Six aldermen agree it is time the city does something. The alleys of homes on California Avenue near 57th Street illustrated what neighbors in the Chicago Lawn and Gage Park communities have been experiencing. Mattresses and furniture sit outside garages. "I threw away all my furniture because I don't want mold," said Ismael Ruvalcaba. Ruvalcaba's basement was inundated with nearly 3 feet of water that rushed into his home from the weekend rains. "it's crazy. There's nothing I can do," Ruvalcaba said. "Doesn't matter if we got pumps or not. They don't help." But it is safe to say Ruvalcaba and his neighbors are looking for help — considering that this is the second time their homes ended up in such a state within three weeks. The cost keeps adding up. Ruvalcaba says he would estimate he has lost $10,000. Rubalcava has made his official 311 complaint to the city, and the CBS News investigative data team shows he's not alone. Since Sunday night, there were nearly 4,800 complaints for water in basements, and 287 complaints for water blocking streets. The five community areas most impacted are Chicago Lawn, Gage Park, West Lawn, Garfield Ridge, and Chatham. "When I talked to them, they said something is wrong with the sewer, but they don't know what's going on," said Ruvalcaba. Ald. Ray Lopez (15th) and five other Southwest Side councilmembers issued a letter to Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson on the subject. "And unfortunately, unless we figure out how to stop that water from backflowing in, that will continue to happen when we have a huge amount of rain dumped on our streets in a short amount of time," said Lopez. "Residents are scared. They're frustrated. They want answers." The alders are demanding the city do more than stand by and watch. They are insisting the city create a government-funded backflow valve installation program to prevent such flooding from recurring in people's homes. "The problem is none of us know," said Ald. Lopez. "We're not having a conversation with Water Reclamation, we're not having a conversation with our own water department, and we haven't been able to have a real conversation with the Mayor's office until today." The alders say action is needed because people like Ruvalcaba can't wait for possible federal funds. "So I need to do whatever I need to do," he said.
