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Cleveland Guardians @ Chicago Cubs

2020-09-15 · Night game · Wrigley Field · 75°F, sunny · Wind 7 mph to CF · 3:17

Chicago Cubs defeated Cleveland Indians 6–5. Chicago Cubs opened the scoring in the 2nd — Javier Baez homers (7) on a fly ball to center field. Cleveland Indians took the lead in the 3rd — Francisco Lindor doubles (11) on a line drive to left fielder Kyle Schwarber. Delino DeShields scores. Chicago Cubs took the lead in the 7th — Willson Contreras out on a sacrifice fly to right fielder Tyler Naquin. Kris Bryant scores. The game's biggest swing came in the 9th: Francisco Lindor homers (8) on a fly ball to left field. Josh Naylor scores — worth 34% in win probability.

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Line score

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

W: Jeremy Jeffress L: Oliver Perez SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Mike Estabrook · 1B: Chad Whitson · 2B: Mark Carlson · 3B: James Hoye · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Cleveland Guardians — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Francisco Lindor	4	1	3	4	1	0
Mike Freeman	4	0	0	0	1	2
Jose Ramirez	5	0	0	0	0	0
Carlos Santana	3	0	0	0	1	1
Franmil Reyes	4	0	0	0	0	2
Tyler Naquin	4	0	4	0	0	0
Roberto Perez	3	0	0	0	0	2
Josh Naylor	3	2	1	0	1	0
Delino DeShields	4	2	3	0	0	0
Sandy Leon	1	0	0	0	0	1

Chicago Cubs — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Ian Happ	5	1	2	0	0	1
Kris Bryant	3	3	1	1	2	1
Anthony Rizzo	4	0	3	1	0	0
Willson Contreras	3	0	2	1	0	0
Kyle Schwarber	4	0	0	0	0	2
Javier Baez	3	2	1	1	0	1
Jason Heyward	3	0	0	0	1	2
Jason Kipnis	4	0	2	0	0	0
Victor Caratini	4	0	0	0	0	1
Cameron Maybin	0	0	0	1	0	0

Cleveland Guardians — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Carlos Carrasco	6.0	8	1	5
James Karinchak	1.0	2	1	1
Phil Maton	1.0	0	0	2
Oliver Perez	0.1	1	1	0
Nick Wittgren	0.0	0	0	0

Chicago Cubs — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Yu Darvish	7.0	9	1	7
Rowan Wick	1.0	1	1	1
Jeremy Jeffress	1.0	1	2	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Francisco Lindor: 63/G6
Mike Freeman: K.BX1(23)
Jose Ramirez: 63/G4

Bot 1

Ian Happ: K
Kris Bryant: K
Anthony Rizzo: HP
Willson Contreras: 9/L9D

Top 2

Carlos Santana: 63/G4S+
Franmil Reyes: K
Tyler Naquin: S8/L8D+
Roberto Perez: K

Bot 2

Kyle Schwarber: 8/F8D+
Javier Baez: HR/L8XD
Jason Heyward: 43/G34D
Jason Kipnis: S7/F7LS
Victor Caratini: 13/G13

Top 3

Josh Naylor: D9/L9L
Delino DeShields: S5/BG25-.2-H(E5/TH)(NR);B-3
Francisco Lindor: D7/L7LS.3-H(UR)
Mike Freeman: 13/G1S-.2-3
Jose Ramirez: 9/F9/DP.3XH(92)

Bot 3

Ian Happ: 63/G4MD
Kris Bryant: 63/G56D
Anthony Rizzo: 63/G4D

Top 4

Carlos Santana: 8/F8XD
Franmil Reyes: K
Tyler Naquin: S7/G5
Roberto Perez: 13/G1S-

Bot 4

Willson Contreras: S9/L9D+
Kyle Schwarber: K
Javier Baez: 8/F8
Jason Heyward: W.1-2
Jason Kipnis: 7/F7L

Top 5

Josh Naylor: 43/G34D
Delino DeShields: D7/L7D
Francisco Lindor: S8/G4M+.2-H
Mike Freeman: K+SB2
Jose Ramirez: 63/G4D

Bot 5

Victor Caratini: 7/F7
Ian Happ: D8/L8XD+
Kris Bryant: S7/L78.2-H;B-2
Anthony Rizzo: D8/L8XD+.2-H
Willson Contreras: S9/L9L.2-3;BX2(936)
Kyle Schwarber: 9/F9

Top 6

Carlos Santana: K
Franmil Reyes: 3/P9LSF/FL
Tyler Naquin: D7/L7LD
Roberto Perez: K

Bot 6

Javier Baez: K
Jason Heyward: K
Jason Kipnis: S4/G4M
Victor Caratini: 3/G34

Top 7

Josh Naylor: 9/L89D+
Delino DeShields: D9/L9L
Francisco Lindor: IW
Mike Freeman: 46(1)/FO/G4D.2-3;B-1
Jose Ramirez: 8/L8D

Bot 7

Ian Happ: S8/G4M
Kris Bryant: CS2(24)
Kris Bryant: W
Anthony Rizzo: S9/L9.1-3
Willson Contreras: 9/SF/F89XD.3-H
Kyle Schwarber: K

Top 8

Carlos Santana: W
Franmil Reyes: 64(1)3/GDP/G6
Tyler Naquin: S9/L9+
Sandy Leon: K

Bot 8

Javier Baez: HP
Jason Heyward: K+SB2.1-H(E2/TH)(NR)(UR)
Jason Kipnis: 7/F78XD
Victor Caratini: K

Top 9

Josh Naylor: W
Delino DeShields: 53/G1S.1-2
Francisco Lindor: HR/F7D.2-H
Mike Freeman: W
Jose Ramirez: 46(1)3/GDP/G34

Bot 9

Ian Happ: 9/F9D
Kris Bryant: W
Anthony Rizzo: S8/G6M.1-3
Willson Contreras: HP.1-2
Cameron Maybin: HP.3-H;2-3;1-2

Notes & reviews

Run scored by DeShields originally scored as earned, changed to unearned on 09-16-2020
Indians challenged call that Lindor was out at home, catcher blocked plate without ball; call upheld - out to complete double play

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