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San Francisco Giants @ Chicago Cubs

2015-08-09 · Day game · Wrigley Field · Att: 39939 · 77°F, cloudy · Wind 6 mph from RF · 3:13

Chicago Cubs defeated San Francisco Giants 2–0. Chicago Cubs opened the scoring in the 1st — Kris Bryant singles on a fly ball to right fielder Hunter Pence. Kyle Schwarber scores. Anthony Rizzo to 3rd. The game's biggest swing came in the 9th: Brandon Crawford doubles (22) on a sharp ground ball to right fielder Chris Denorfia. Brandon Belt to 3rd — 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	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7
CHN	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	4

W: Jake Arrieta L: Jake Peavy SV: Hector Rondon

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

San Francisco Giants — batting

Batter	AB	H	BB	SO
Nori Aoki	1	0	0	0
Gregor Blanco	5	0	0	2
Matt Duffy	4	2	0	0
Buster Posey	3	1	1	0
Hunter Pence	4	1	0	0
Brandon Belt	4	1	0	2
Brandon Crawford	3	1	1	0
Ehire Adrianza	3	1	0	1
Jake Peavy	2	0	0	1
Angel Pagan	3	0	0	2
Kelby Tomlinson	1	0	0	0
Hector Sanchez	1	0	0	1

Chicago Cubs — batting

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

San Francisco Giants — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Jake Peavy	5.0	4	2	6
Hunter Strickland	1.0	0	0	1
Jeremy Affeldt	2.0	0	0	2

Chicago Cubs — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Jake Arrieta	7.2	4	2	6
Justin Grimm	0.1	1	0	0
Hector Rondon	1.0	2	0	3

Play-by-play

Top 1

Nori Aoki: 6/F6D-
Gregor Blanco: K
Matt Duffy: T9/L89D+
Buster Posey: 63/G6-

Bot 1

Dexter Fowler: K
Kyle Schwarber: W
Chris Coghlan: K
Anthony Rizzo: S7/L78M.1-3
Kris Bryant: S9/F9S.3-H;1-3
Jorge Soler: 53/G56

Top 2

Hunter Pence: 53/G56S-
Brandon Belt: K
Brandon Crawford: 31/G3

Bot 2

Miguel Montero: 8/F89D
Jake Arrieta: T8/F9D+
Addison Russell: 8/SF/F89M.3-H
Dexter Fowler: 9/F89M

Top 3

Ehire Adrianza: S6/BP6
Jake Peavy: 54(1)/FO/G15-
Nori Aoki: HP.1-2
Gregor Blanco: 8/L78M
Matt Duffy: 4/L4-

Bot 3

Kyle Schwarber: K
Chris Coghlan: 7/F7LM
Anthony Rizzo: K

Top 4

Buster Posey: W
Hunter Pence: 64(1)/FO/G6S
Brandon Belt: SB2
Brandon Belt: K
Brandon Crawford: 8/F89M

Bot 4

Kris Bryant: W
Jorge Soler: S7/L56D+.1-2
Miguel Montero: 64(1)/FO/MREV/G4MD.2-3
Jake Arrieta: K
Addison Russell: 8/F8RXD+

Top 5

Ehire Adrianza: K
Jake Peavy: K
Angel Pagan: K

Bot 5

Dexter Fowler: K
Kyle Schwarber: 7/F7LD
Chris Coghlan: 7/F7M

Top 6

Gregor Blanco: 13/BG34S
Matt Duffy: 53/G56
Buster Posey: 9/F89D+

Bot 6

Anthony Rizzo: 5/P5F
Kris Bryant: 2/F25F-
Jorge Soler: K

Top 7

Hunter Pence: S8/F89S
Brandon Belt: 6/L56-
Brandon Crawford: SB2
Brandon Crawford: W
Ehire Adrianza: 5/F5-
Kelby Tomlinson: 3/P3F

Bot 7

Miguel Montero: 4/F4-
Jake Arrieta: K
Addison Russell: 9/L9M

Top 8

Angel Pagan: 31/G3
Gregor Blanco: 8/L8LM
Matt Duffy: S4/G4MD
Buster Posey: S7/G56+.1-2
Hunter Pence: 8/F8RXD+

Bot 8

Dexter Fowler: 9/F9LM
Kyle Schwarber: K
Jonathan Herrera: 63/G6+

Top 9

Brandon Belt: S7/L78M
Brandon Crawford: D9/G3+.1-3
Ehire Adrianza: HP
Hector Sanchez: K
Angel Pagan: K
Gregor Blanco: K

Notes & reviews

replay,4,montm001,CHN,culbf901,CHI11,,Y,M,CHN,C $when Miguel Montero was called out at 1B, Cubs manager Joe Maddon challenged the ruling; the call was overturned by replay

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