The Cubs strolled into first place Cincinnati (huh?) after a very strange homestand. Theo and Crew moved Lester up a day, so he was on the bump to start this oh-so-very-important April series. Lester worked himself into and out of an early bases-loaded jam in the bottom of the 3rd. He couldn’t quite repeat the feat in the next inning, though.
Lester got Adam Duvall to ground out, but then the trouble began. Back-to-back doubles scored a run and foreshadowed what would come. A groundout and an intentional walk brought pitcher Tim Adelman to plate and Lester lost it for a second.