CHICAGO -- Another poor start for Chicago Cubs lefty Jon Lester has him down but not out. Lester gave up eight runs to the Washington Nationals in 3u2154 innings on Saturday, ballooning his second-half ERA to 10.33 after compiling a 2.58 mark in the first half.
"At the end of the day the results aren't there, and this is a results-driven industry" Lester said after the Cubs 9-4 loss. "I'm not doing my job."
Lester gave up three home runs, extending a streak of allowing at least one long ball to eight straight starts, a personal high and the longest by a Cubs lefty since Shawn Estes in 2003.