Cincinnati Reds @ Chicago Cubs

63-86, 27-46 Away

Final

87-61, 47-26 Home

hitters	H-AB	AVG
B. HamiltonCF	0-2	.241
S. GennettPH	0-1	.320
J. PerazaSS	2-4	.294
J. Votto1B	1-3	.284
E. Suarez3B	0-4	.288
P. ErvinLF	0-3	.257
T. BarnhartC	0-3	.249
D. Herrera2B	1-3	.186
B. DixonRF	0-2	.189
S. ScheblerPH-RF	0-1	.272
C. ReedP	0-1	.000
G. GuerreroPH	0-1	.125
S. RomanoP	0-0	.059
W. PeraltaP	0-0	.000
C. CasaliPH	0-1	.298
J. HughesP	0-0	.000

pitchers	IP	H	ER	BB	K	PC-ST	ERA
C. Reed	5.0	2	0	2	10	91-56	4.32
S. Romano	1.0	2	1	0	1	16-12	5.43
W. Peralta	1.0	0	0	0	0	13-8	4.64
J. Hughes	1.0	0	0	0	2	15-9	1.84

CIN

CHC

Hits

Home Runs

Total Bases

Runners LOB

Wrigley Field

4:05 PM, September 15, 2018

Chicago, Illinois

Attendance: 41,196

Game Time:2:39

Umpires:
Home Plate Umpire - Bruce Dreckman
First Base Umpire - Mike Estabrook
Second Base Umpire - Hunter Wendelstedt
Third Base Umpire - John Libka
Left Field Umpire - -
Right Field Umpire - -

Lester pitches Cubs over Reds 1-0, Chicago maintains lead

Jon Lester allowed two hits over seven innings with a season-high nine strikeouts, Willson Contreras hit a run-scoring single in the sixth inning and the Chicago Cubs beat the Cincinnati Reds 1-0 on Saturday to maintain their NL Central lead.

Sep 15, 2019, 10:58 pm - Associated Press


CIN
CHC

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

Scoring Summary

Inning				CIN	CHC
		6th	Contreras singled to right, Báez scored.	0	1

Data is currently unavailable.

Reds
2
Cubs
3

Game 1

9/14

Reds
0
Cubs
1

Game 2

9/15

Reds
2
Cubs
1

Game 3

9/16

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Milwaukee	59	37	.615	-	L3
Chicago	54	42	.563	5	W2
St. Louis	50	45	.526	8.5	L1
Pittsburgh	50	47	.515	9.5	W3
Cincinnati	43	52	.453	15.5	L2

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Cincinnati Reds @ Chicago Cubs

Game Information

Lester pitches Cubs over Reds 1-0, Chicago maintains lead

J. Lester16-6

S. Romano7-11

S. Cishek4

Scoring Summary

Inning

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