Starting pitcher Jon Lester felt like he figured something out before his last start against the Brewers, and those corrections in his mechanics allowed him to throw six shutout innings that night.
Lester kept the Cubs in the ballgame in Wednesday’s 3-2 win over the Indians and had to find a way to grind and battle on a night when he clearly didn’t have his best stuff.
Unlike that start where he avoided the barrel of the bat and induced weak contact, the contact against Lester on Wednesday was loud, but the veteran southpaw was able to limit the damage and got help from some well-positioned defense.