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Lester latest to add to Cubs’ rotation dominance
- Updated: August 18, 2016
CHICAGO — The Wrigley Field crowd of 40,310 gave Jon Lester a standing ovation when he was lifted from the game with two outs in the seventh inning against the Brewers, but the Cubs’ starter was miffed.
“I don’t like to get taken out in the middle of innings,” said Lester, who wasn’t mad at manager Joe Maddon but upset with himself. “I’m more [ticked] off that I couldn’t finish that inning.”
The left-hander did enough, picking up the win in the Cubs’ 6-1 victory on Wednesday night over the Brewers. Lester is 7-2 with a 2.01 ERA in 12 home starts, all quality starts. The Cubs are 6-0 in his last six starts, the first time that’s happened since he joined the team last year.
“You don’t want to be the loose link in the chain,” Lester said. “You want to keep pressing along where you’re not the guy and they go, ‘He stinks,’ and you’re letting the other guys down. I …
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