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 Game 1 of
their NL Division Series on Friday night.
Lester retired his last 13 batters in a dominant performance, but
the game was scoreless when Baez sent Angel Pagan scrambling to the
left-field wall with a towering drive. With a raucous crowd of
42,148 and every player anxiously tracking the flight of the ball,
Pagan ran out of room as it landed in the basket that tops the
ivy-covered walls at Wrigley Field.
Aroldis Chapman gave up Buster Posey's two-out double off the ivy
in the ninth before Hunter Pence bounced to second for the final
out, wrapping a bow on Chicago's first meaningful game in weeks.
Game #2 of the NLDS will be Saturday night in Chicago.
