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Jon Lester lasts seven innings in win over Giants

by Nathaniel Schwartz | Sat, Aug 8th 1:17am EDT

Jon Lester came up with his second straight victory and his seventh this season in a seven inning performance against San Francisco. He gave up two earned runs off of six hits and two walks, but only struck out three batters.

Fantasy Impact:

His lack of strikeouts is certainly surprising after fanning a career high 14 batters in his last start, but at least he is not giving up many runs. In fact, he has only given up an average of 1.5 runs over his last four starts; combine that with the Cubs finally picking up their offense after a sluggish July, and you get a winning combination (assuming the bullpen holds up).

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