Shane Smith News: Rough second frame leads to loss

Smith (1-3) was saddled with the loss in Friday's 13-3 defeat at the hands of the Cubs, allowing six runs (one earned) on seven hits and a walk while punching out five batters in five innings.

An error from catcher Matt Thaiss on a play at the plate in the second inning ensured that Pete Crow-Armstrong's three-run homer and Seiya Suzuki's RBI double later in the inning wouldn't count against Smith's line, so the 25-year-old righty still owns a 2.05 ERA despite allowing six runs to cross the plate Friday. He'll look to bounce back next week against a Mariners offense that owns a .677 OPS since the start of May.