Chicago Cubs vs. San Francisco Giants

Friday, October 7th, 2016 8:00PM CST

Cubs

CHC

Home

vs.
Final

Giants

SF

Away

Game Recap

In a tense opening game of their National League Division Series, the Chicago Cubs defeated the San Francisco Giants by a score of 1-0. Jon Lester pitched eight sparkling innings, outdueling Johnny Cueto in a brilliant mound performance. The decisive run came on a solo home run hit by Javier Baez in the eighth inning.

Game Details

Date: Friday, October 7th, 2016

Time: 8:00PM CST

Stadium: Wrigley Field

Location: Chicago, Illinois

Attendance: 42,148

Line Score

Innings:	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
CHC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	-
SF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Game Stats

Cubs Batting

Doubles: Bryant (1, Cueto)

Home Runs: Báez (1, 8th inning off Cueto 0 on, 1 Out)

Runs Batted In: Báez (1)

Team Left On Base: 2

Team Runners Left In Scoring Position: 0-2 (Zobrist 0-1, Rizzo 0-1)

Runners Left In Scoring Position With 2 Outs: Zobrist 1

Cubs Pitching

First-pitch strikes/Batters Faced: Lester 15-27; Chapman 3-4

Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In play strikes: Lester 12-9-17-22; Chapman 4-2-4-3

Ground Balls-Fly Balls: Lester 8-9; Chapman 2-0

Game Scores: J Lester 77

Giants Batting

Doubles: Pagán (1, Lester); Posey (1, Chapman)

Team Left On Base: 4

Team Runners Left In Scoring Position: 0-3 (Pence 0-1, Tomlinson 0-1, Crawford 0-1)

Runners Left In Scoring Position With 2 Outs: Pence 1; Tomlinson 1; Crawford 2

Giants Pitching

First-pitch strikes/Batters Faced: Cueto 17-27

Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In play strikes: Cueto 20-21-17-16

Ground Balls-Fly Balls: Cueto 7-7

Game Scores: J Cueto 82

Giants Baserunning

Caught Stealing: Hernández (1, 2nd base by Lester/Ross)

Picked Off: Gillaspie (1st base by Ross)

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