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Chicago Cubs @ St. Louis Cardinals

2015-10-09 · 2015 Division Series · Game 1 of 4 Game 2 ▶ · Night game · Busch Stadium III · Att: 47830 · 64°F · Wind 12 mph to RF · 2:47

St. Louis Cardinals defeated Chicago Cubs 4–0. St. Louis Cardinals opened the scoring in the 1st — Matt Holliday singles on a line drive to center fielder Dexter Fowler. Stephen Piscotty scores. The game's biggest swing came in the 7th: Anthony Rizzo grounds into a double play, first baseman Mark Reynolds to shortstop Jhonny Peralta. Kyle Schwarber out at 2nd. Anthony Rizzo out at 1st — worth 10% 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	0	0	0	0	0	3
SLN	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3		4	6

W: John Lackey L: Jon Lester SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Phil Cuzzi · 1B: Bill Welke · 2B: Mike Winters · 3B: Mark Carlson · LF: Dana DeMuth · RF: Brian Knight

Chicago Cubs — batting

Batter	AB	H	BB	SO
Dexter Fowler	4	0	0	2
Kyle Schwarber	3	2	1	0
Kris Bryant	4	0	0	2
Anthony Rizzo	3	0	0	1
Starlin Castro	3	0	0	0
Chris Coghlan	3	0	0	2
Addison Russell	3	1	0	1
David Ross	2	0	0	1
Jon Lester	2	0	0	0
Chris Denorfia	1	0	0	1
Jorge Soler	0	0	1	0

St. Louis Cardinals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Matt Carpenter	3	1	0	0	1	0
Stephen Piscotty	4	2	2	2	0	1
Matt Holliday	4	0	1	1	0	1
Jason Heyward	4	0	1	0	0	0
Jhonny Peralta	3	0	0	0	0	2
Randal Grichuk	2	0	0	0	0	2
Yadier Molina	3	0	0	0	0	1
Kolten Wong	3	0	1	0	0	1
John Lackey	2	0	0	0	0	1
Mark Reynolds	1	0	0	0	0	0
Tommy Pham	1	1	1	1	0	0

Chicago Cubs — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Jon Lester	7.1	5	1	9
Pedro Strop	0.2	1	0	0

St. Louis Cardinals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
John Lackey	7.1	2	1	5
Kevin Siegrist	0.2	0	0	2
Trevor Rosenthal	1.0	1	1	3

Play-by-play

Top 1

Dexter Fowler: K
Kyle Schwarber: 6/P5F
Kris Bryant: 7/L

Bot 1

Matt Carpenter: 7/F
Stephen Piscotty: DGR/9/F
Matt Holliday: S8/L.2-H
Jason Heyward: 7/F
Jhonny Peralta: WP.1-2
Jhonny Peralta: K

Top 2

Anthony Rizzo: 4/P
Starlin Castro: 53/G
Chris Coghlan: K

Bot 2

Randal Grichuk: K
Yadier Molina: K
Kolten Wong: D7/L
John Lackey: 43/G

Top 3

Addison Russell: 8/L
David Ross: 63/G
Jon Lester: 63/G

Bot 3

Matt Carpenter: 9/L
Stephen Piscotty: K
Matt Holliday: 43/G/MREV

Top 4

Dexter Fowler: 4/P
Kyle Schwarber: W
Kris Bryant: 54(1)3/GDP

Bot 4

Jason Heyward: S9/G
Jhonny Peralta: WP.1-2
Jhonny Peralta: K
Randal Grichuk: K
Yadier Molina: 8/F

Top 5

Anthony Rizzo: K
Starlin Castro: 63/G
Chris Coghlan: 5/P

Bot 5

Kolten Wong: K
John Lackey: K
Matt Carpenter: 9/F

Top 6

Addison Russell: S8/G
David Ross: K
Jon Lester: SB2
Jon Lester: 31/G.2-3
Dexter Fowler: 9/F

Bot 6

Stephen Piscotty: 8/F
Matt Holliday: K
Jason Heyward: 31/G

Top 7

Kyle Schwarber: S6/BG
Kris Bryant: K
Anthony Rizzo: 3(B)6(1)/GDP

Bot 7

Jhonny Peralta: 63/G
Mark Reynolds: 13/G
Yadier Molina: 43/G

Top 8

Starlin Castro: 63/G
Chris Coghlan: K
Addison Russell: K

Bot 8

Kolten Wong: 43/G
Tommy Pham: HR/7/F
Matt Carpenter: W
Stephen Piscotty: PB.1-2
Stephen Piscotty: HR/7/F.2-H
Matt Holliday: 31/G
Jason Heyward: 31/G

Top 9

Chris Denorfia: K
Jorge Soler: W
Dexter Fowler: K
Kyle Schwarber: S7/L.1-3
Kris Bryant: K

Notes & reviews

replay,3,hollm001,SLN,demud901,STL10,,N,M,SLN,C $when Matt Holliday was called out at 1B, Cardinals manager Mike Matheny challenged the ruling; the call was upheld by replay

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