Johnny Cueto was doing his best Madison Bumgarner impersonation, right up until Javier Baez spoiled it with one big swing. “Johnny threw a beautiful game and the guy got enough of it to leave the ballpark,” San Francisco manager Bruce Bochy said. But with Lester stifling the Giants over eight spotless innings, Baez’s one-out homer was the difference. San Francisco could not have asked for much more from Cueto, who joined the team as a free agent last offseason after signing a $130m, six-year contract. But with Lester matching him zero for zero, this wound up being the sixth straight one-run game between San Francisco and Chicago.

Source: The Guardian October 08, 2016 15:08 UTC