Thursday, April 19th, 2018 1:20PM CST
On Thursday, the Chicago Cubs defeated the St. Louis Cardinals with a final score of 8-5. Jon Lester turned in a dominant performance for the Cubs, allowing just two hits through six innings in his 100th start for the team. Jason Heyward also homered, driving in two runs for Chicago.
Date: Thursday, April 19th, 2018
Time: 1:20PM CST
Stadium: Wrigley Field
Location: Chicago, Illinois
Attendance: 29,648
| Innings: | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
CHC |
2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
STL |
1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |

Triples: Báez (3, Weaver)
Home Runs: Heyward (2, 5th inning off Bowman 1 on, 1 Out)
Runs Batted In: Bryant 2 (10), Schwarber 2 (9), Almora Jr. (4), Rizzo (4), Heyward 2 (10)
2-out Runs Batted In: Schwarber 2, Rizzo
Sacrifice Flies: Bryant
Sacrifice Hit: Lester
Ground Into Double Play: Russell
Team Left On Base: 10
Team Runners Left In Scoring Position: 5-9 (Schwarber 2-2, Almora Jr. 1-1, Bryant 1-1, Contreras 0-1, Rizzo 1-1, Russell 0-3)
Runners Left In Scoring Position With 2 Outs: Russell 2

Pitcher Notes: Butler pitched to 4 batters in the 7th
Wild Pitches: Lester
Hit By Pitch: Bader (By Lester); Wong (By Cishek)
First-pitch strikes/Batters Faced: Lester 14/22; Butler 2/4; Cishek 1/4; Edwards Jr. 4/5; Morrow 1/3
Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In play strikes: Lester 18-12-19-13; Butler 3-0-4-2; Cishek 3-0-4-2; Edwards Jr. 5-4-2-1; Morrow 2-3-1-2
Ground Balls-Fly Balls: Lester 1-10; Butler 0-0; Cishek 1-2; Edwards Jr. 0-0; Morrow 1-1
Game Scores: J Lester 72

Errors: Contreras (1, throw); Báez 2 (4, throw, dropped foul ball)

Runs Batted In: DeJong (8), Wong (2), Fowler (7)
Team Left On Base: 6
Team Runners Left In Scoring Position: 1-4 (Carpenter 0-1, Fowler 0-1, DeJong 0-1, Gyorko 1-1)
Runners Left In Scoring Position With 2 Outs: DeJong 1

Hit By Pitch: Contreras (By Weaver); Bryant (By Bowman)
First-pitch strikes/Batters Faced: Weaver 16/23; Bowman 2/10; Gregerson 1/1; Holland 3/4; Leone 2/4
Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In play strikes: Weaver 11-11-17-18; Bowman 5-3-8-6; Gregerson 1-1-0-1; Holland 3-3-1-2; Leone 0-2-3-4
Ground Balls-Fly Balls: Weaver 4-5; Bowman 2-0; Gregerson 2-0; Holland 0-2; Leone 0-3
Game Scores: L Weaver 22

Double Plays: 1 (DeJong-Wong-J. Martínez)

Stolen Bases: Bader (2, 2nd base off Lester/Contreras)
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