Sometimes you just can't help it. Sometimes the other pitcher was just better.
Jon Lester got on to the mound against the Dodgers and dominated. He threw a 113 pitch complete game, his first of the season, and finished the evening retiring the last fifteen batters he faced. The only run scored against him was an home run, on the Lester's second pitch of the game, to Kiké Hernández to start the game. After that, the Dodgers had nothing. Via
Carrie Muskat and Brian Hedger at MLB.com:
"I think that might have been the best I've seen Jonny since I've been
here," Cubs manager Joe Maddon said. "He gives up a leadoff homer and
then nothing. That's physically the best I've seen him pitch here."
All you can do is tip your cap.
BTW, the Dodger pitcher were up to the task of matching Jon Lester. Unfortunately, it wasn't enough. Mike Bolsinger, the Dodgers starter, only allowed a two-run homer to Bryant, but that was all they needed to defeat the Dodgers, 2-1.
"He matched [Lester] pretty much pitch for pitch, and made a mistake,
and Bryant hit it out of the ballpark," Dodgers manager Dave Roberts
said. "I thought we had a chance to win all night and didn't really give
ourselves a chance."
The above photo of Hernández's homer via
Jon SooHoo/LA Dodgers 2016.
Go here to check out more pics by Jon from yesterdays game. Below are more links to check:
- This Day in Dodgers History:
In 1995 Hideo Nomo recorded his first Major League win. It would be against the NY Mets. Nomo went eight innings, gave up two hits and struck out six in a 2-1 victory. Also, he would then win his next five starts.
- Happy Birthday, Chin-Hui Tsao!