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Jesse Rogers ESPN Staff Writer 

The Cubs are calling up a top pitching prospect as righty Adbert Alzolay will take the place of Tim Collins who was designated for assignment. The Cubs believe Alzolay is on top of his game right now as Theo Epstein said recently his curveball was the best he's seen from him. Fellow Venezuelan and Cubs catcher Willson Contreras had this to say: “I hear really good stuff about him. Really good fastball command. Good spin rate. He's striking people out, he's throwing hard and it makes me proud. I know where he comes from, how hard he works every day to be here and finally his day has come.” A home grown pitcher has been a rare sight at Wrigley Field under Epstein. Alzolay could pitch in relief as soon as Thursday night.

Jesse Rogers ESPN Staff Writer 

Watch Willson Contreras discuss his 2 homer night including his first grand slam since the last time he faced the White Sox.

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Bradford Doolittle ESPN Staff Writer 

Things are looking dire for the White Sox tonight, down three runs with one out to go. But we did get our first glimpse at catcher Zack Collins, who made his MLB debut with a pinch-hitting appearance against the Cubs' Steve Cishek in the ninth. Collins walked, which is appropriate given his scoring report. More importantly, tomorrow he will have big league ID codes at Baseball Reference and Fangraphs.

Marly Rivera ESPN Writer 

Here is what Dominican Attorney General Jean Alain Rodriguez answered when I asked him if he had any concerns as to whether the international community would believe the explanation of David Ortiz's shooting as a case of 'mistaken identity': "We presented irrefutable audio and video evidence today. Science is science, evidence is evidence. These facts are undisputed; the rest is speculation."

Bradford Doolittle ESPN Staff Writer 

With one swing of the bat, White Sox starter Lucas Giolito has given up his most runs in an outing since April 12. The Cubs' Willson Contreras hit a grand slam in the top of the first, putting the Northsiders up 4-1. Giolito had allowed three runs or fewer in 10 straight starts.

Alden Gonzalez ESPN Staff Writer 

Julio Urias will start tomorrow's game opposite Madison Bumgarner. Caleb Ferguson will basically piggy-back and everyone else will be pushed back, which means Walker Buehler will instead start Friday. The Dodgers are playing 18 games in 18 days and wanted to give everyone a rest.

Marly Rivera ESPN Writer 

Dominican Attorney General Jean Alain Rodríguez: "The target of the hit was not to be David Ortiz, it was another individual that was in the same place and the same table and by coincidence was dressed similar to David that night. This confusion happened because of a picture that was taken minutes before the attack and circulated between one of the masterminds and the contract killers."

Marly Rivera ESPN Writer 

Dominican Attorney General Jean Alain Rodríguez said that they will offer the most recent findings about the investigation on the attempt on David Ortiz's life in a joint press conference with the Dominican Police later this afternoon in Santo Domingo.

Coley Harvey ESPN Staff Writer 

Giancarlo Stanton gets a day off after playing last night. Edwin Encarnación is in the cleanup spot as the Yankees close out the series with Tampa Bay: 2B LeMahieu 1B Voit C Sánchez DH Encarnación CF Hicks SS Torres RF Maybin 3B Urshela LF Gardner SP Sabathia

Marly Rivera ESPN Writer 

The Office of the Attorney General of the Dominican Republic is expected to hold a presser this afternoon (around 4pm ET) outlining the most recent findings on the investigation of the David Ortiz shooting.