Chicago Cubs @ Detroit Tigers

72-53, 34-30 Away

Final

52-75, 33-31 Home

hitters	H-AB	R	HR	RBI	AVG
D. Murphy2B	2-5	1	0	1	.299
B. KintzlerP	0-0	0	0	0	.000
J. BaezSS	2-5	1	1	3	.292
A. Rizzo1B	1-5	1	1	1	.265
B. ZobristDH-2B	1-5	1	0	0	.308
J. HeywardRF	0-5	0	0	0	.274
A. AlmoraCF	2-4	1	0	0	.301
D. Bote3B	1-2	1	1	2	.283
W. ContrerasC	1-2	1	0	1	.267
I. HappLF	1-4	1	0	0	.237

pitchers	IP	H	ER	BB	K	PC-ST	ERA
J. Lester	5.2	7	1	1	3	100-64	3.64
S. Cishek	1.1	0	0	0	2	18-13	1.71
C. Edwards Jr.	0.1	1	0	1	0	13-5	2.40
J. Wilson	0.0	0	0	0	0	5-4	3.15
P. Strop	0.2	0	0	1	0	9-4	2.44
B. Kintzler	1.0	0	0	0	1	12-8	3.62

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Comerica Park

7:10 PM, August 22, 2018

Detroit, Michigan

Attendance: 28,286

Game Time:3:26

Umpires:
Home Plate Umpire - Alfonso Marquez
First Base Umpire - James Hoye
Second Base Umpire - Quinn Wolcott
Third Base Umpire - Sean Barber

Cubs break out of offensive funk in 8-2 win over Tigers

Jon Lester pitched into the sixth inning and the Chicago Cubs homered three times, finally breaking out of their offensive funk in an 8-2 victory over the Detroit Tigers on Wednesday night.

Aug 22, 2018, 11:56 pm - Associated Press


CHC
DET

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

J. Lester14-5

5.2 IP, 7 H, 1 ER, 3 K, 1 BB

F. Liriano3-9

5.1 IP, 7 H, 4 ER, 3 K, 2 BB

Scoring Summary

		CHC	DET
2nd	Rodríguez singled to center, Martínez scored, Mahtook thrown out at third, Rodríguez to second advancing on throw.	0	1
5th	Bote homered to left (373 feet), Almora Jr. scored.	2	1
5th	Murphy singled to center, Happ scored.	3	1
6th	Contreras reached on infield single to third, Zobrist scored, Bote to second.	4	1
8th	Adduci walked, Candelario scored, Castellanos to third, Goodrum to second.	4	2
9th	Báez homered to left center (401 feet), Contreras and Murphy scored.	7	2
9th	Rizzo homered to left center (398 feet).	8	2

Data is currently unavailable.

Cubs
1
Tigers
2

Game 1

8/21

Cubs
8
Tigers
2

Game 2

8/22

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Milwaukee	63	37	.630	-	W4
Chicago	56	44	.560	7	L1
St. Louis	51	48	.515	11.5	L3
Pittsburgh	52	49	.515	11.5	L1
Cincinnati	45	54	.455	17.5	L1

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Chicago	53	46	.535	-	W2
Cleveland	54	48	.529	0.5	W2
Minnesota	49	53	.480	5.5	L4
Detroit	47	53	.470	6.5	W1
Kansas City	41	60	.406	13	W1

A's place Joshua Kuroda-Grauer, Mark Leiter Jr. on IL

The Athletics placed rookie infielder Joshua Kuroda-Grauer on the 10-day injured list Tuesday following emergency surgery for a ruptured testicle caused by a foul ball the night before.

Tigers RHP Jack Flaherty on IL with right flexor inflammation

The Detroit Tigers placed right-hander Jack Flaherty on the 15-day injured list on Tuesday with right flexor inflammation.

Reds' Ferguson apologizes for outburst toward umpire

Reds left-hander Caleb Ferguson apologized one day after he was caught on camera yelling at umpire Bill Miller and appearing to use profanity.

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Chicago Cubs @ Detroit Tigers

Cubs break out of offensive funk in 8-2 win over Tigers

J. Lester14-5

F. Liriano3-9

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