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San Francisco Giants @ Chicago Cubs

2015-08-08 · Day game · Wrigley Field · Att: 41305 · 73°F · Wind 10 mph from CF · 3:14

Chicago Cubs defeated San Francisco Giants 8–6. Chicago Cubs opened the scoring in the 1st — Kris Bryant grounds into a force out, shortstop Brandon Crawford to second baseman Ehire Adrianza. Kyle Schwarber scores. Chris Coghlan to 3rd. Anthony Rizzo out at 2nd. Kris Bryant to 1st. San Francisco Giants took the lead in the 2nd — Brandon Belt homers (15) on a fly ball to right center field. Hunter Pence scores. Chicago Cubs took the lead in the 3rd — Kris Bryant homers (15) on a line drive to left center field. Anthony Rizzo scores. The game's biggest swing came in the 3rd: Kris Bryant homers (15) on a line drive to left center field. Anthony Rizzo scores — worth 21% in win probability.

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Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
SFN	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	3	6	9
CHN	1	0	2	0	2	0	0	3		8	11

W: Kyle Hendricks L: Matt Cain SV: Justin Grimm

Umpires — HP: Fieldin Culbreth · 1B: Jim Reynolds · 2B: Manny Gonzalez · 3B: Paul Schrieber · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

San Francisco Giants — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Angel Pagan	5	1	1	1	0	2
Nori Aoki	4	0	1	1	1	0
Matt Duffy	5	0	0	0	0	0
Buster Posey	4	0	1	0	0	2
Hunter Pence	3	2	2	0	1	1
Brandon Belt	4	1	1	2	0	2
Brandon Crawford	4	1	2	1	0	0
Ehire Adrianza	4	1	1	1	0	0
Matt Cain	2	0	0	0	0	1
Justin Maxwell	0	0	0	0	1	0
Gregor Blanco	1	0	0	0	0	0

Chicago Cubs — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Dexter Fowler	3	1	1	1	1	0
Kyle Schwarber	4	1	2	1	0	0
Chris Coghlan	4	0	1	0	0	0
Anthony Rizzo	3	1	1	0	1	1
Kris Bryant	3	2	1	3	1	1
Jorge Soler	3	1	1	0	1	1
Miguel Montero	2	1	1	1	2	0
Kyle Hendricks	3	0	0	0	0	1
Addison Russell	4	1	3	1	0	0
Chris Denorfia	1	0	0	0	0	0
Jonathan Herrera	1	0	0	0	0	0

San Francisco Giants — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Matt Cain	4.0	6	5	2
George Kontos	2.0	2	0	0
Hunter Strickland	1.0	0	0	2
Santiago Casilla	0.1	2	1	0
Javier Lopez	0.2	1	0	0

Chicago Cubs — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Kyle Hendricks	5.1	5	2	5
Travis Wood	1.2	0	1	1
Pedro Strop	1.0	0	0	2
James Russell	0.1	2	0	0
Jason Motte	0.1	2	0	0
Justin Grimm	0.1	0	0	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Angel Pagan: K
Nori Aoki: E3/F23-
Matt Duffy: 64(1)3/GDP/G6M

Bot 1

Dexter Fowler: 3/G34S-
Kyle Schwarber: HP
Chris Coghlan: S7/G56+.1-2
Anthony Rizzo: W.2-3;1-2
Kris Bryant: 64(1)/FO/G6+.3-H;2-3
Jorge Soler: 64(1)/FO/G6+

Top 2

Buster Posey: 1/L13S-
Hunter Pence: W
Brandon Belt: HR/F89D+.1-H
Brandon Crawford: 43/MREV/G4
Ehire Adrianza: 7/F78S

Bot 2

Miguel Montero: 7/L7D+
Kyle Hendricks: K
Addison Russell: D7/L5D+
Dexter Fowler: HP
Kyle Schwarber: 3/L3+

Top 3

Matt Cain: K
Angel Pagan: 7/F7LM
Nori Aoki: W
Matt Duffy: 9/F9M

Bot 3

Chris Coghlan: 53/G56S
Anthony Rizzo: S57/G6
Kris Bryant: HR/F78XD+.1-H
Jorge Soler: W
Miguel Montero: W.1-2
Kyle Hendricks: 25(2)4/GDP/BG2R-

Top 4

Buster Posey: K
Hunter Pence: S7/G56+
Brandon Belt: K
Brandon Crawford: D7/F7LD+.1-H
Ehire Adrianza: 9/L9D+

Bot 4

Addison Russell: D7/F7LD+
Dexter Fowler: W
Kyle Schwarber: 7/F78D
Chris Coghlan: 7/F7S
Anthony Rizzo: K

Top 5

Matt Cain: 43/G4
Angel Pagan: K
Nori Aoki: 3/G3

Bot 5

Kris Bryant: W
Jorge Soler: S7/L7S+.1-2
Miguel Montero: S8/L8RM.2-H;1-3
Kyle Hendricks: 6(1)3/GDP/G6M.3-H(NR)
Addison Russell: 9/F9S

Top 6

Matt Duffy: 43/G4M
Buster Posey: S7/L7S+
Hunter Pence: S7/L6D.1-2
Brandon Belt: K
Brandon Crawford: 31/G3D-

Bot 6

Dexter Fowler: 6/F5D
Kyle Schwarber: S8/G4
Chris Coghlan: CS2(26)/MREV
Chris Coghlan: 43/G4+

Top 7

Ehire Adrianza: 7/F8LD+
Justin Maxwell: W
Angel Pagan: 4/F4M-
Nori Aoki: 4/F3D-

Bot 7

Anthony Rizzo: 9/F9LD
Kris Bryant: K
Jorge Soler: K

Top 8

Matt Duffy: 53/G56
Buster Posey: K23
Hunter Pence: K

Bot 8

Miguel Montero: W
Chris Denorfia: 53/G6S-.1-2
Addison Russell: S8/L8LS.2-H;B-2(E8)
Dexter Fowler: T9/L9LS.2-H
Kyle Schwarber: S9/L34+.3-H
Jonathan Herrera: 54(1)3/GDP/G5+

Top 9

Brandon Belt: 8/F78D
Brandon Crawford: S9/G4+
Ehire Adrianza: D7/L5D+.1-H
Gregor Blanco: 8/F8LD+
Angel Pagan: S9/L9M+.2-H
Nori Aoki: DI.1-2
Nori Aoki: S9/G34.2-H
Matt Duffy: 63/G56

Notes & reviews

replay,2,crawb001,SFN,culbf901,CHI11,,Y,M,CHN,C $when Brandon Crawford was called safe at 1B, Cubs manager Joe Maddon challenged the ruling; the call was overturned by replay
replay,6,coghc001,CHN,culbf901,CHI11,,N,M,CHN,A $when Kyle Schwarber was called out at 2B, Cubs manager Joe Maddon challenged the ruling; the call was upheld by replay

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