One swing was all the difference in Game 1 of the National League Division Series. Chicago Cubs second baseman Javier Baez’s eighth-inning solo shot off the San Francisco Giants’ Johnny Cueto accounted for all of the night’s offense and powered the Cubs to a 1-0 Game 1 victory and identical lead in the best-of-five series.
Both teams will try to generate more offense in Game 2 when the Cubs send MLB‘s ERA leader Kyle Hendricks (16-8, 2.13 ERA, 170 K) to the mound, while the Giants will counter with former Cub Jeff Samardzija (12-11, 3.81 ERA, 167 K).
Can the Giants even things up? Or will the Cubs take a commanding 2-0 lead as the series prepares to move back to San Francisco?
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Final
Cubs 5, Giants 2
WP: Wood
LP: Samardzija
SV: Chapman
- Bottom 1st (CHC): Zobrist RBI single
- Bottom 2nd (CHC): Hendricks two-run single
- Bottom 2nd (CHC): Bryant RBI single
- Top 3rd (SFG): Blanco RBI double
- Top 3rd (SFG): Belt RBI sac fly
- Bottom 4th (CHC): Wood solo HR
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