Chicago Cubs vs. St. Louis Cardinals

Thursday, April 19th, 2018 1:20PM CST

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Game Recap

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.

Game Details

Date: Thursday, April 19th, 2018

Time: 1:20PM CST

Stadium: Wrigley Field

Location: Chicago, Illinois

Attendance: 29,648

Line Score

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Chicago CubsCHC 24002000-
St. Louis CardinalsSTL 100000400

Game Stats


Chicago Cubs Batting

Cubs Batting

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


Chicago Cubs Pitching

Cubs Pitching

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


Chicago Cubs Fielding

Cubs Fielding

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



St. Louis Cardinals Batting

Cardinals Batting

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


St. Louis Cardinals Pitching

Cardinals Pitching

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


St. Louis Cardinals Fielding

Cardinals Fielding

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


St. Louis Cardinals Baserunning

Cardinals Baserunning

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


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