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Chicago Cubs @ St. Louis Cardinals

2016-04-18 · Night game · Busch Stadium III · Att: 45432 · 75°F · Wind 15 mph R to L · 2:32

Chicago Cubs defeated St. Louis Cardinals 5–0. Chicago Cubs opened the scoring in the 6th — Dexter Fowler homers (3) on a line drive to center field. The game's biggest swing came in the 6th: Dexter Fowler homers (3) on a line drive to center field — worth 16% in win probability.

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Line score

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

W: John Lackey L: Mike Leake SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Carlos Torres · 1B: Gerry Davis · 2B: Sam Holbrook · 3B: Rob Drake · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Chicago Cubs — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Dexter Fowler	5	1	2	1	0	1
Jason Heyward	4	0	0	0	0	1
Ben Zobrist	4	1	1	0	0	1
Anthony Rizzo	3	0	0	0	0	0
Kris Bryant	4	1	2	1	0	0
Miguel Montero	3	1	1	0	1	1
Jorge Soler	3	0	0	0	0	1
Addison Russell	3	0	1	1	0	0
John Lackey	3	0	1	1	0	1
Matt Szczur	1	1	0	0	0	0
Javier Baez	1	0	1	0	0	0

St. Louis Cardinals — batting

Batter	AB	H	BB	SO
Matt Carpenter	3	1	1	2
Jeremy Hazelbaker	4	0	0	1
Matt Holliday	4	1	0	1
Brandon Moss	4	0	0	4
Stephen Piscotty	4	0	0	2
Yadier Molina	3	1	1	1
Kolten Wong	3	1	0	1
Aledmys Diaz	3	1	0	0
Mike Leake	2	0	0	1
Jedd Gyorko	1	0	0	1
Matt Adams	1	0	0	0

Chicago Cubs — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
John Lackey	7.0	4	1	11
Travis Wood	0.2	1	0	2
Pedro Strop	0.1	0	0	0
Trevor Cahill	1.0	0	1	1

St. Louis Cardinals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Mike Leake	7.0	6	1	6
Tyler Lyons	2.0	3	0	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Dexter Fowler: D8/L78XD+
Jason Heyward: K
Ben Zobrist: 3/G3.2-3
Anthony Rizzo: HP
Kris Bryant: 9/F89XD+

Bot 1

Matt Carpenter: W
Jeremy Hazelbaker: 46(1)/FO/G4S-
Matt Holliday: 9/F89M
Brandon Moss: K

Top 2

Miguel Montero: W
Jorge Soler: 8/L8LD+
Addison Russell: 14(1)3/GDP/G13-

Bot 2

Stephen Piscotty: 53/G56-
Yadier Molina: K
Kolten Wong: K

Top 3

John Lackey: K
Dexter Fowler: K
Jason Heyward: 63/G4

Bot 3

Aledmys Diaz: 53/G56
Mike Leake: 8/F8RXD+
Matt Carpenter: K23

Top 4

Ben Zobrist: K
Anthony Rizzo: 43/G4
Kris Bryant: 43/G4

Bot 4

Jeremy Hazelbaker: 53/G5S-
Matt Holliday: S9/L9LM
Brandon Moss: K
Stephen Piscotty: K

Top 5

Miguel Montero: K
Jorge Soler: K
Addison Russell: S7/L78M
John Lackey: 6(1)/FO/G6M

Bot 5

Yadier Molina: 9/F9D
Kolten Wong: S8/G4M+
Aledmys Diaz: D7/G5.1-3
Mike Leake: K23
Matt Carpenter: K

Top 6

Dexter Fowler: HR/F8RXD+
Jason Heyward: 4/L4+
Ben Zobrist: 43/G4
Anthony Rizzo: 8/F78XD+

Bot 6

Jeremy Hazelbaker: 8/L8LXD+
Matt Holliday: K
Brandon Moss: K

Top 7

Kris Bryant: S7/L7S
Miguel Montero: S8/L8LM.1-2
Jorge Soler: E6/TH/G6+.2-H;1-3;B-2
Addison Russell: 8/SF/F89D.3-H;2-3
John Lackey: S7/L78S.3-H(UR)
Dexter Fowler: 8/F8LXD+
Jason Heyward: 9/L9LD+

Bot 7

Stephen Piscotty: K23
Yadier Molina: S9/G4+
Kolten Wong: WP.1-2
Kolten Wong: 9/F89S-
Aledmys Diaz: 6/P

Top 8

Ben Zobrist: D7/L7S+
Anthony Rizzo: 8/F8LD+.2-3
Kris Bryant: S9/L4D-.3-H
Miguel Montero: 16(1)3/GDP/MREV/G15-

Bot 8

Jedd Gyorko: K
Matt Carpenter: D9/G3+
Jeremy Hazelbaker: K
Matt Holliday: 53/G5

Top 9

Matt Szczur: 63/G6
Addison Russell: 8/F8LD
Javier Baez: S4/L4-
Dexter Fowler: 8/F89XD+

Bot 9

Brandon Moss: K
Stephen Piscotty: 53/G56
Yadier Molina: W
Matt Adams: 8/F8LXD+

Notes & reviews

replay,8,montm001,CHN,davig901,STL10,,N,M,CHN,A $when Miguel Montero was called out at 1B on a tag, Cubs manager Joe Maddon challenged the ruling; the call was upheld by replay

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