Starting Lineups:
Chicago Cubs Atlanta Braves
1. Fowler cf Inciarte cf
2. Heyward rf d'Arnaud 2b
3. Bryant 3b Freeman 1b
4. Rizzo 1b Francoeur lf
5. Zobrist 2b Markakis rf
6. Coghlan lf Garcia 3b
7. Baez ss Flowers c
8. Ross c Aybar ss
9. Lester p Gant p
CUBS 1ST: Fowler grounded out (first unassisted); Heyward
walked; Bryant walked [Heyward to second]; Rizzo doubled to
right [Heyward scored, Bryant to third]; Zobrist struck out;
Coghlan struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Cubs 1, Braves 0.
BRAVES 1ST: Inciarte popped to shortstop; d'Arnaud singled to
right; Freeman singled to right [d'Arnaud to second]; d'Arnaud
stole third and Freeman stole second [d'Arnaud scored (error by
Ross) (unearned), Freeman to third]; Francoeur struck out;
Markakis grounded out (second to first); 1 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 1
LOB. Cubs 1, Braves 1.
CUBS 2ND: Baez grounded out (third to first); Ross struck out;
Lester was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cubs 1,
Braves 1.
BRAVES 2ND: Garcia reached on an error by Zobrist [Garcia to
third (error by Ross)]; Flowers popped to shortstop; Aybar
reached on a fielder's choice [Garcia out at home (third to
catcher to shortstop to pitcher), Aybar to second (on throw)];
Gant grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 2 E, 1 LOB.
Cubs 1, Braves 1.
CUBS 3RD: Fowler singled to right; Heyward lined to center;
Bryant forced Fowler (shortstop to second); Rizzo popped to
shortstop; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cubs 1, Braves 1.
BRAVES 3RD: Inciarte popped to second; On a bunt d'Arnaud made
an out to pitcher; Freeman grounded out (second to first); 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cubs 1, Braves 1.
CUBS 4TH: Zobrist walked; Coghlan forced Zobrist (second to
shortstop); On a bunt Baez singled to pitcher [Coghlan to
second]; when Javier Baez was called out at 1B, Cubs manager
Joe Madden challenged the ruling; the call was overturned by
replay; Ross singled to right [Coghlan scored (error by
Markakis), Baez to third]; Lester out on a sacrifice bunt (first
to second) [Baez scored (unearned), Ross to second]; Fowler was
called out on strikes; 2 R (1 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Cubs 3,
Braves 1.
BRAVES 4TH: Francoeur struck out; Markakis singled to center
[Markakis to second (error by Fowler)]; Garcia struck out;
Flowers grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.
Cubs 3, Braves 1.
CUBS 5TH: Heyward walked; Bryant grounded out (third to first)
[Heyward to second]; KROL REPLACED GANT (PITCHING); Rizzo
grounded out (first to pitcher) [Heyward to third]; Zobrist
flied to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cubs 3, Braves 1.
BRAVES 5TH: Aybar struck out; SNYDER BATTED FOR KROL; Snyder
doubled to left; Inciarte grounded out (third to first);
d'Arnaud grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB. Cubs 3, Braves 1.
CUBS 6TH: KELLY REPLACED SNYDER (PITCHING); Coghlan doubled to
right; Baez flied to right [Coghlan to third]; Ross singled to
right [Coghlan scored]; Lester hit into a double play (first to
shortstop to pitcher) [Ross out at second]; when Jon Lester
was ruled safe at 1B, Braves interim manager Brian Snitker
challenged the play at 2B; David Ross was ruled to have not made
a legal slide and Lester was ruled out by replay; Ross ran to 2B
without sliding, which is legal, but ran past the bag, unable to
touch it, which is not legal; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cubs 4,
Braves 1.
BRAVES 6TH: Freeman struck out; Francoeur was called out on
strikes; Markakis grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB. Cubs 4, Braves 1.
CUBS 7TH: Fowler grounded out (first to pitcher); Heyward
doubled to center; Bryant walked; Rizzo singled to center
[Heyward scored, Bryant to third]; Zobrist doubled to left
[Bryant scored, Rizzo to third]; Coghlan was walked
intentionally; OGANDO REPLACED KELLY (PITCHING); Baez struck
out; Ross walked [Rizzo scored, Zobrist to third, Coghlan to
second]; Lester grounded out (second to first); 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 3
LOB. Cubs 7, Braves 1.
BRAVES 7TH: ALMORA REPLACED COGHLAN (PLAYING LF); Garcia lined
to right; Flowers flied to left; Aybar doubled to left; SMITH
BATTED FOR OGANDO; Smith struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cubs
7, Braves 1.
CUBS 8TH: WITHROW REPLACED SMITH (PITCHING); Fowler struck out;
Heyward singled to right; Bryant walked [Heyward to second];
Rizzo singled to right [Heyward scored, Bryant to third];
Zobrist singled to center [Bryant scored, Rizzo to second];
Almora singled to center [Rizzo scored, Zobrist to second]; Baez
homered to left [Zobrist scored, Almora scored]; CERVENKA
REPLACED WITHROW (PITCHING); Ross grounded out (third to first);
RUSSELL BATTED FOR LESTER; Russell doubled to third; Addison
Russell's ground ball down the LF line was touched by a fan for
interference; SZCZUR BATTED FOR FOWLER; Szczur was called
out on strikes; 6 R, 6 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cubs 13, Braves 1.
BRAVES 8TH: SZCZUR STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); FEDEROWICZ
REPLACED BRYANT (PLAYING C ); ALMORA CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING
CF); BAEZ CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 3B); WARREN REPLACED ROSS
(PITCHING); RUSSELL STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING SS); Inciarte
singled to center; d'Arnaud popped to second; Freeman flied to
left; Inciarte advanced to second because of defensive
indifference [Inciarte to second]; Francoeur singled to left
[Inciarte scored]; Francoeur advanced to second because of
defensive indifference [Francoeur to second]; Markakis walked;
Garcia grounded out (third to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Cubs 13, Braves 2.
CUBS 9TH: Heyward singled to shortstop; Federowicz was called
out on strikes; Rizzo lined to center; Zobrist struck out; 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cubs 13, Braves 2.
BRAVES 9TH: RONDON REPLACED WARREN (PITCHING); Flowers struck
out (catcher to first); Aybar grounded out (first to pitcher);
PIERZYNSKI BATTED FOR CERVENKA; Pierzynski flied to left; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cubs 13, Braves 2.
Final Totals R H E LOB
Cubs 13 16 4 10
Braves 2 7 1 7
