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Jon Lester Comes Out Victorious in a Cubs at Pirates Matchup, 2-0
Sat, Aug 17, 2019 | Emma Botos
Jon Lester
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August 17, 2019 -- The Cubs beat the Pirates 2 to 0 on the road.
The Cubs starter Jon Lester helped the home team limit the runs to allow the offense to pull out the win. Cubs's starter allowed 4 hits and 5 walks. A 4.23 ERA and 0.330 OBP in the appearance against the Pirates. Jon Lester allowed 0 earned runs over 6.0 innings pitched. The Pirates had 3 strikeouts against Jon Lester.
In the loss at home, Starling Marte was not able to help the Pirates get the run needed against the Cubs. The Pirates hitter had 0 RBI and scored 0 runs in the home outing. At the plate, the slugger had 0 strikeouts. He had a 0.331 OBP with 3 at bats. In the game, he had a batting average of 0.288.
Posted at Sat, August 17, 2019 20:32:13 UTC