BRAVES BEAT DARVISH IN SERIES OPENER

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Yu Darvish was chased during a four run fifth inning Friday as the Atlanta Braves shutout the Chicago Cubs 4-0 in their 3 game series opener at Wrigley Field. He served up a three run homer to Preston Tucker in the inning and left after yielding 9 hits and throwing 105 pitches. Darvish is 0-1 with a 6.00 ERA. Atlanta starter Anibal Sanchez held the Cubs to 3 hits and struck out 6 over 6 innings to pick up the win. Atlanta is 8-5 and the Cubs are 6-7 heading into game 2 Saturday afternoon. Sean Newcomb (1-1) is scheduled to go against Jose Quintana (1-1) Hear the game on Lite 103 WAKO beginning with the pregame at 12:45 p.m. Central 1:45 Eastern.