In a good matchup it was the Chicago (NL) Cubs 8, the Cleveland Indians 6 at
Progressive Field.
Jon Lester(4-2) had a fairly solid outing. He went 5 and 1/3 innings
surrendering 5 hits and 2 walks. Lester chalked up 6 strikeouts. Chicago
(NL) ended up with 11 hits for the game while Cleveland had 6.
Aroldis Chapman earned his 10th save. The losing pitcher was Danny
Salazar(1-3). He struck out 9 batters in 5 innings despite losing the game.
BOXSCORE: 2016 Chicago (NL) Cubs At 2016 Cleveland Indians 10/29/2016 Cubs AB R H RBI AVG Indians AB R H RBI AVG D.Fowler CF 2 0 1 1 .300 J.Kipnis 2B 4 0 0 0 .226 B-J.Heyward PR,RF 1 0 0 0 .091 B.Guyer LF 5 0 0 0 .167 B.Zobrist RF,LF 2 1 0 0 .192 F.Lindor SS 4 1 1 0 .273 K.Bryant 3B 4 1 1 0 .241 M.Napoli 1B 2 2 1 1 .307 A.Rizzo 1B 4 2 2 2 .192 C.Santana DH 1 0 0 0 .275 W.Contreras C 5 1 2 1 .185 A-R.Davis PR,DH 2 1 1 0 .245 A.Almora LF,CF 5 1 2 1 .316 J.Ramirez 3B 4 1 1 1 .287 J.Baez 2B 5 1 1 1 .253 M.Byrd RF 2 1 1 1 .286 A.Russell SS 3 1 1 1 .139 C-L.Chisenhall PH,RF 1 0 0 1 .288 J.Soler DH 3 0 1 1 .100 Y.Gomes C 2 0 0 0 .235 D-C.Crisp PH 0 0 0 1 .188 E-R.Perez C 1 0 0 0 .196 A.Almonte CF 4 0 1 0 .315 -- -- -- --- -- -- -- --- Totals 34 8 11 8 Totals 32 6 6 5 A-Pinch Ran For Santana In 5th Inning B-Pinch Ran For Fowler In 6th Inning C-Pinch Hit For Byrd In 6th Inning D-Pinch Hit For Gomes In 6th Inning E-Subbed Defensively (C ) For Crisp In 7th Inning INJURY: Carlos Santana INJURED (for 3 more games) in 5th inning INJURY: Dexter Fowler INJURED (for 8 more games) in 6th inning Cubs............ 0 0 0 0 1 5 1 0 1 - 8 11 1 Indians......... 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 1 0 - 6 6 0 Cubs (14-7) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA J.Lester WIN(4-2) 5 1/3 5 5 4 2 6 0 96 3.86 P.Strop HOLD(2nd) 0 1/3 0 0 0 2 0 0 10 1.08 T.Cahill HOLD(2nd) 2 1/3 1 1 1 0 3 1 35 2.25 A.Chapman SAVE(10th) 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 18 0.00 Totals 9 6 6 5 4 11 1 Indians (13-9) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA D.Salazar LOSS(1-3) 5 7 5 5 1 9 2 85 7.54 B.Shaw 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 9 8.53 A.Miller 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 20 3.00 Z.McAllister 2 0 1 1 2 2 0 26 3.00 C.Allen 1 1 0 0 1 2 0 13 5.68 Totals 9 11 8 8 5 13 2 ATTENDANCE- 33,735 DATE- Saturday, October 29th 2016 TIME- Day WEATHER- Bad UMPIRES- Mike Everitt, Chad Fairchild, Vic Carapazza, Bill Miller T- 3:23 LEFT ON BASE- Cubs: 8 Indians: 5 DOUBLE PLAYS- Cubs: 1 Indians: 2 ERRORS- B.Zobrist DOUBLES- D.Fowler(4th), A.Rizzo(8th), M.Byrd(2nd) HOME RUNS- A.Rizzo(3rd), A.Russell(1st), M.Napoli(7th) RBIs- D.Fowler(4th), A.Rizzo-2(8th), W.Contreras(6th), A.Almora(3rd), J.Baez(8th), A.Russell(7th), J.Soler(2nd), M.Napoli(15th), J.Ramirez(10th), M.Byrd(1st), L.Chisenhall(7th), C.Crisp(1st) STOLEN BASES- R.Davis(2nd), J.Ramirez(2nd), A.Almonte(1st) SACRIFICE HITS- B.Zobrist WALKS- B.Zobrist-2, K.Bryant, A.Rizzo, J.Soler, M.Napoli-2, L.Chisenhall, C.Crisp HIT BY PITCH- D.Fowler-2, A.Russell, J.Kipnis, C.Santana STRIKE OUTS- D.Fowler, K.Bryant-2, A.Rizzo-2, W.Contreras-2, A.Almora, J.Baez-3, J.Soler-2, J.Kipnis, B.Guyer-3, F.Lindor, M.Napoli, Y.Gomes, R.Perez, A.Almonte-3 GIDP- B.Zobrist, A.Almora, C.Santana 2-out RBI- L.Chisenhall, C.Crisp RLISP 2-out- W.Contreras, A.Rizzo-2, J.Kipnis, K.Bryant-2, A.Almonte-2, J.Baez-2 TEAM RISP- Cubs: 3 for 12 Indians: 3 for 6 WEB GEMS- Bot 8th: Albert Almora robbed Jose Ramirez of an extra base hit.