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Lester shines in return to Oakland
- Updated: August 6, 2016
OAKLAND — Cubs left-hander Jon Lester was looking forward to facing former teammates Coco Crisp and Jed Lowrie. Neither made an appearance.
“When you have a bunch of new guys, it makes harder to form a game plan,” Lester said after pitching the Cubs to a 7-2 victory over the Athletics on Friday night. “When you get four runs, that changes the game plan going in. Now its about throwing strikes, putting them on the defense and attack them.”
Lester, who made 11 starts for the A’s during the 2014 postseason run, won his third straight decision and improved to 8-1 since May 21. He remained unbeaten (8-0 with a 2.55 ERA) in 12 night games.
“It went according to plan, and Jonny pitched really well, which made it all work,” Cubs manager Joe Madden said. “He had that bump there …
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