Cubs beat White Sox 8-3, inch closer to NL Central title

Javier Baez homered and the Chicago Cubs took advantage of huge mistake by Ryan LaMarre, beating the crosstown White Sox 8-3 on Saturday night to increase their lead in the NL Central.
Sep 23, 2018, 04:54 am - Associated Press
CHC
CHW
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J. Lester
win

J. Lester17-6

5.0 IP, 8 H, 2 ER, 4 K, 0 BB
L. Giolito
loss

L. Giolito10-12

6.2 IP, 7 H, 5 ER, 5 K, 3 BB

Scoring Summary

Inning

CHCCHW
1stBáez homered to left (361 feet), Zobrist scored.20
1stA. García singled to center, Sánchez scored.21
3rdAnderson homered to left (362 feet).22
5thMurphy doubled to left, Schwarber scored, Bote to third.32
5thZobrist singled to center, Bote and Murphy scored.52
5thDavidson singled to left, Anderson scored, A. García to second.53
9thAlmora Jr. grounded into fielder's choice to third, Gore scored.63
9thBáez singled to left, Almora Jr. scored, Zobrist to second.73
9thRizzo grounded into fielder's choice to second, Báez out at second, Zobrist to third, Zobrist scored, Rizzo to second on throwing error by shortstop Anderson.83
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