Thursday, October 20th, 2016 7:00PM CST
With Jon Lester delivering seven effective innings and Addison Russell hitting the decisive tiebreaking home run, the Chicago Cubs beat the Los Angeles Dodgers, moving within one win of reaching their first World Series in 71 years.
Date: Thursday, October 20th, 2016
Time: 7:00PM CST
Stadium: Dodger Stadium
Location: Los Angeles, California
Attendance: 54,449
| Innings: | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
LAD |
0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
CHC |
1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 |

Doubles: Kendrick (1, Lester); Toles (2, Strop); Ruiz (1, Strop)
Runs Batted In: González (4), Ruiz (1), Reddick (1), Toles (2)
2-out Runs Batted In: Ruiz
Sacrifice Flies: Toles
Ground Into Double Play: Seager
Team Left On Base: 7
Team Runners Left In Scoring Position: 2-10 (Turner 0-1, Reddick 1-1, Kendrick 0-2, Ruiz 1-2, Pederson 0-1, González 0-1, Seager 0-2)
Runners Left In Scoring Position With 2 Outs: Turner 1; Kendrick 2; Seager 1

Hit By Pitch: Turner (By Strop)
First-pitch strikes/Batters Faced: Maeda 9-17; Fields 0-3; Dayton 0-2; Blanton 6-7; Avilán 0-4; Báez 2-7; Stripling 2-5
Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In play strikes: Maeda 8-16-12-8; Fields 1-1-1-3; Dayton 2-2-1-1; Blanton 3-5-2-5; Avilán 4-0-5-2; Báez 2-2-6-6; Stripling 1-1-4-5
Ground Balls-Fly Balls: Maeda 1-4; Fields 1-1; Dayton 0-1; Blanton 0-2; Avilán 0-2; Báez 1-1; Stripling 2-2
Game Scores: K Maeda 55

Double Plays: 1 (Turner-Kendrick-González)
Errors: Báez (1, catch)

Stolen Bases: Turner (1, 2nd base off Lester/Ross); Kendrick (1, 3rd base off Lester/Ross); Reddick (3, 2nd base off Chapman/Contreras)

Doubles: Rizzo (1, Maeda); Báez 2 (4, Maeda, Stripling); Bryant (3, Fields); Ross (1, Blanton)
Home Runs: Russell (2, 6th inning off Blanton 1 on, 1 Out)
Runs Batted In: Rizzo (4), Russell 2 (4), Fowler (3), Bryant (2), Báez 3 (5)
2-out Runs Batted In: Báez 3
Sacrifice Hit: Almora Jr.
Ground Into Double Play: Almora Jr.
Team Left On Base: 10
Team Runners Left In Scoring Position: 4-18 (Fowler 1-2, Báez 1-3, Ross 0-1, Lester 0-2, Zobrist 0-1, Bryant 1-1, Rizzo 0-2, Heyward 0-4, Russell 1-2)
Runners Left In Scoring Position With 2 Outs: Lester 1; Fowler 1; Zobrist 1; Heyward 3

Hit By Pitch: Heyward (By Maeda)
First-pitch strikes/Batters Faced: Lester 18-27; Strop 4-5; Chapman 2-6
Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In play strikes: Lester 15-12-21-19; Strop 1-4-2-4; Chapman 3-1-2-5
Ground Balls-Fly Balls: Lester 7-8; Strop 2-1; Chapman 2-1
Game Scores: J Lester 68

Double Plays: 1 (Russell-Rizzo)

Stolen Bases: Báez (2, 2nd base off Blanton/Ruiz)
There are no baseball games today.
There are no baseball games tomorrow.
There were no baseball games yesterday.
All logos are the trademark & property of their owners and not MLB-Schedules.com. All content on this website is for educational purposes.