The Chicago Cubs defeated the
Cleveland Indians on Sunday night. The
game took place at Wrigley Field in Chicago, Illinois and the final score was 3-2. Jon Lester started for the Cubs and he
pitched well and Trevor Bauer started for the Indians and he pitched ok, their bullpen
was good. The Cubs bullpen was also good
and Addison Russell led the offense with a couple of hits. Rajai had two hits to lead the Cleveland
offense.
Lester pitched six innings giving
up four hits and two runs with no walks and five strikeouts. He won the game. Carl Edwards Jr. pitched 1/3 of an inning
giving up a hit and Aroldis Chapman pitched 2 2/3 innings giving up a hit and
he struck out four and got the save.
Bauer pitched four innings giving
up six hits and three runs with no walks and seven strikeouts. Bauer took the loss. Mike Clevinger pitched an inning walking two,
Bryan Shaw pitched 1 1/3 innings giving up no hits and no runs and he struck
out three and Cody Allen pitched 1 2/3 innings giving up a hit and a walk and
he struck out four.
Kris Bryant had a hit, an RBI and
drew a walk, Anthony Rizzo had a hit and drew a walk and Ben Zobrist had a hit
and drew a walk. Addison Russell had two
hits and an RBI, Jason Heyward had a hit and Javier Baez had a hit. David Ross had an RBI, Rizzo hit a double and
Bryant hit a homerun. The Cubs were 3-10
with runners in scoring position and left eight men on base. Bryant and Fowler each had a stolen base and
Heyward had two stolen bases. Contreras
had a passed ball.
Davis had two hits, Francisco
Lindor had a hit and an RBI and Mike Napoli had a hit. Carlos Santana had a hit, Jose Ramirez had a
hit and an RBI and Santana hit a double and Ramirez hit a homerun. The Indians were 1-10 with runners in scoring
position and left four men on base.
Davis had three stolen bases and Lindor was caught stealing. Perez committed an error.
In the second Ramirez hit a solo
homerun to give the Indians a 1-0 lead.
In the fourth Bryant hit a solo homerun to tie the game at one. Russell hit an RBI single giving the Cubs a
2-1 lead and Ross hit a sac fly still in the fourth to push the lead to
3-1. In the sixth Lindor hit an RBI
single to cut the lead to 3-2 and that would be the final score.
The Cubs survive and force a game
six on Tuesday night in Cleveland trying to even the series and push it to the
limits with a game seven.
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