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Chicago Cubs @ Colorado Rockies

2018-04-20 · Night game · Coors Field · Att: 35290 · 44°F · Wind 5 mph to CF · 3:30

Chicago Cubs defeated Colorado Rockies 16–5. Chicago Cubs opened the scoring in the 1st — Javier Baez homers (6) on a fly ball to right center field. Albert Almora scores. Colorado Rockies took the lead in the 1st — Nolan Arenado homers (2) on a fly ball to right center field. Charlie Blackmon scores. Chicago Cubs took the lead in the 5th — Anthony Rizzo grounds out, second baseman DJ LeMahieu to first baseman Ryan McMahon. Javier Baez scores. Kris Bryant to 2nd. The game's biggest swing came in the 1st: Nolan Arenado homers (2) on a fly ball to right center field. Charlie Blackmon scores — worth 18% in win probability.

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Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
CHN	2	0	1	0	2	7	0	3	1	16	18
COL	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	5	11

W: Kyle Hendricks L: Jon Gray SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Vic Carapazza · 1B: Jordan Baker · 2B: Cory Blaser · 3B: Greg Gibson · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Chicago Cubs — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Albert Almora	6	4	4	1	0	0
Javier Baez	6	2	4	4	0	0
Kris Bryant	5	2	2	1	1	1
Anthony Rizzo	5	2	0	1	1	0
Willson Contreras	5	1	1	1	0	1
Kyle Schwarber	4	2	3	4	1	0
Addison Russell	5	1	2	0	0	0
Jason Heyward	4	1	2	2	1	0
Kyle Hendricks	2	0	0	0	0	0
Tommy La Stella	0	1	0	0	1	0
Mike Montgomery	2	0	0	0	0	2

Colorado Rockies — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
DJ LeMahieu	4	1	1	1	1	0
Chris Iannetta	5	0	0	0	0	1
Charlie Blackmon	4	1	1	1	0	2
Nolan Arenado	4	1	3	2	0	0
Gerardo Parra	4	0	1	0	0	2
Trevor Story	2	0	0	0	1	1
Ian Desmond	4	0	0	0	0	1
Ryan McMahon	4	2	2	0	0	0
Jon Gray	2	0	2	0	0	0
Pat Valaika	1	0	1	0	0	0
Tony Wolters	0	0	0	0	1	0
Mike Tauchman	1	0	0	0	0	1

Chicago Cubs — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Kyle Hendricks	5.0	5	0	6
Mike Montgomery	3.0	5	1	1
Justin Wilson	1.0	1	2	1

Colorado Rockies — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Jon Gray	5.0	8	3	1
Bryan Shaw	0.2	4	1	1
Scott Oberg	1.1	0	0	1
Antonio Senzatela	2.0	6	1	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Albert Almora: S6/G56
Javier Baez: HR/F89XD+.1-H
Kris Bryant: K23
Anthony Rizzo: 7/F7D
Willson Contreras: 8/F8RD

Bot 1

DJ LeMahieu: S9/G34+
Chris Iannetta: 43/G34-.1-2
Charlie Blackmon: S9/L9S.2-H
Nolan Arenado: HR/F9D+.1-H
Gerardo Parra: K
Trevor Story: HP
Ian Desmond: 63/G6S-

Top 2

Kyle Schwarber: W
Addison Russell: 9/F9LS
Jason Heyward: 5(1)/FO/G6S
Kyle Hendricks: 63/G6

Bot 2

Ryan McMahon: 43/G4-
Jon Gray: D9/G3
DJ LeMahieu: 63/G6
Chris Iannetta: K

Top 3

Albert Almora: S9/F9S-
Javier Baez: S7/L78S.1-2
Kris Bryant: WP.2-3;1-2
Kris Bryant: W
Anthony Rizzo: 46(1)3/GDP/G4.3-H(NR);2-3
Willson Contreras: 9/F89M

Bot 3

Charlie Blackmon: K
Nolan Arenado: 8/L8RD+
Gerardo Parra: K

Top 4

Kyle Schwarber: S7/G6
Addison Russell: 54(1)/FO/G56S-
Jason Heyward: PO1(13)
Jason Heyward: W
Kyle Hendricks: 13/G15S-

Bot 4

Trevor Story: K
Ian Desmond: K
Ryan McMahon: 31/G3

Top 5

Albert Almora: 7/F78XD+
Javier Baez: D7/L78M
Kris Bryant: FC6/G6.2-3;B-1
Anthony Rizzo: 43/G34S-.3-H;1-2
Willson Contreras: E5/G56S-.2-H(UR)(NR)
Kyle Schwarber: WP.1-3(E2/TH)
Kyle Schwarber: 8/F8LXD+

Bot 5

Jon Gray: S8/L8LM
DJ LeMahieu: 64(1)/FO/G6M-
Chris Iannetta: 9/L89D+
Charlie Blackmon: 13/G13-

Top 6

Addison Russell: S9/G34
Jason Heyward: T7/L8LD+.1-H
Tommy La Stella: W
Albert Almora: S9/L9S.3-H;1-2
Javier Baez: WP.2-3;1-2
Javier Baez: S7/L78M.3-H;2-H
Kris Bryant: D8/F8RXD+.1-3
Anthony Rizzo: FC4/G4S.3XH(452);2-3;B-2
Willson Contreras: K
Kyle Schwarber: HR/F8LXD+.3-H;2-H
Addison Russell: 9/F9M

Bot 6

Nolan Arenado: S9/L89M
Gerardo Parra: 36(1)/FO/G34S-
Trevor Story: 64(1)3/GDP/G6+

Top 7

Jason Heyward: 3/G34S-
Mike Montgomery: K
Albert Almora: 43/G34+

Bot 7

Ian Desmond: 163/G15-
Ryan McMahon: S7/G6+
Pat Valaika: D7/G5.1-3
DJ LeMahieu: 53/G56.3-H
Chris Iannetta: 53/G5

Top 8

Javier Baez: 8/F8LXD+
Kris Bryant: 63/G6+
Anthony Rizzo: W
Willson Contreras: D8/F89XD+.1-H
Kyle Schwarber: S8/G6+.2-H
Addison Russell: S8/L8RS-.1-3
Jason Heyward: S5/G5-.3-H;1-2
Mike Montgomery: K

Bot 8

Charlie Blackmon: K
Nolan Arenado: S7/L7S+
Gerardo Parra: S7/G56.1-2
Trevor Story: OA.2X3(25);1-2
Trevor Story: W
Ian Desmond: 13/G13

Top 9

Albert Almora: D9/G3
Javier Baez: 63/G6S-.2-3
Kris Bryant: S5/G5S-.3-H
Anthony Rizzo: 56(1)3/GDP/G6

Bot 9

Ryan McMahon: D8/L78D+
Tony Wolters: W
DJ LeMahieu: WP.2-3;1-2
DJ LeMahieu: W
Chris Iannetta: 5(2)3/GDP/G5+.3-H(NR);1-2
Mike Tauchman: K

Notes & reviews

Rockies challenged call that Heyward was safe on pickoff attempt; call was overturned - pickoff at 1st
Cubs challenged call that Baez was out at 3rd; call was overturned - fielder's choice, no outs
Run originally scored as unearned, changed to earned on 04-23-2018

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