San Francisco Giants @ Chicago Cubs

NLDS - GAME 1 • CHC lead series 1-0

87-75, 42-39 Away

Final

103-58, 57-24 Home

hitters	H-AB	AVG
G. HernandezCF	1-4	.250
B. Belt1B	0-3	.000
E. NunezPH	0-1	.000
B. PoseyC	2-4	.500
G. BlancoPR	0-0	.000
H. PenceRF	1-4	.250
A. PagánLF	1-3	.333
B. CrawfordSS	0-3	.000
K. Tomlinson2B	0-3	.000
C. Gillaspie3B	1-3	.333
J. CuetoP	0-3	.000

pitchers	IP	H	ER	BB	K	PC-ST	ERA
J. Cueto	8.0	3	1	0	10	118-74	1.13

CHC

Hits

Home Runs

Total Bases

Runners LOB

Wrigley Field

9:00 PM, October 7, 2016Coverage: FS1

Chicago, Illinois

Attendance: 42,148

Game Time:2:30

Umpires:
Home Plate Umpire - Todd Tichenor
First Base Umpire - Alan Porter
Second Base Umpire - Larry Vanover
Third Base Umpire - Marvin Hudson
Left Field Umpire - John Hirschbeck
Right Field Umpire - Mike Muchlinski

Cubs edge Giants behind Lester gem, Baez blast

Jon Lester outpitched Johnny Cueto with eight sparkling innings, Javier Baez homered in the eighth and the Chicago Cubs beat the San Francisco Giants 1-0 in a tense NLDS Game 1.

Oct 8, 2017, 02:35 am - Associated Press


SF
CHC

1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	-	1	3	0

Scoring Summary

Inning				SF	CHC
		8th	Báez homered to left (359 feet).	0	1

Data is currently unavailable.

Giants
0
Cubs
1

Game 1

10/7

Giants
2
Cubs
5

Game 2

10/8

Cubs
5
Giants
6

Game 3

10/10

Cubs
6
Giants
5

Game 4

10/11

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Los Angeles	85	67	.559	-	W1
San Diego	83	69	.546	2	W1
Arizona	77	76	.503	8.5	L1
San Francisco	76	76	.500	9	W1
Colorado	41	111	.270	44	L4

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Milwaukee	93	59	.612	-	W2
Chicago	88	64	.579	5	W4
Cincinnati	76	76	.500	17	W1
St. Louis	74	79	.484	19.5	L1
Pittsburgh	65	88	.425	28.5	L4

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Kodai Senga not guaranteed roster spot if Mets make playoffs

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Cubs' Kyle Tucker visits Florida doctors for more treatment

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San Francisco Giants @ Chicago Cubs

Game Information

Cubs edge Giants behind Lester gem, Baez blast

J. Lester1-0

J. Cueto0-1

A. Chapman1

Scoring Summary

Inning

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