CHICAGO -- Howie Kendrick hit a two-run double in a rough first inning for Chicago starter Jon Lester to spark the Dodgers to a 4-0 victory over the Cubs and split their four-game series Thursday in front of 41,498, the largest crowd of the season at Wrigley Field.
Enrique Hernandez hit an RBI triple and scored on Jimmy Rollins' single in the second to back Carlos Frias, who threw five scoreless innings for the win.The Dodgers knocked Lester out after four innings, his shortest outing of the season. In five starts this month, the left-hander has a 5.74 ERA, giving up 17 earned runs over 26 2/3 innings. 
MOMENTS THAT MATTERED
He can play defense: The lineup maneuverings triggered by Yasiel Puig's scratch had Alex Guerrero in left field, and in the fourth inning, he charged Miguel Montero's pinch-hit single and cut down Chris Coghlan trying to score from second base. It was Guerrero's first career outfield assist.Tempers flared: Lester needed 24 pitches to get through seven batters. He then walked A.J. Ellis to start the second, but he wasn't happy with the call, and home-plate umpire Andy Fletcher noticed. Fletcher started to walk toward the mound, but catcher David Ross stepped between the pitcher and umpire. Cubs manager Joe Maddon then came out and had a heated discussion with Fletcher, and somehow no one was ejected. Lester was lifted after throwing 75 pitches over four innings.SOUND SMART WITH YOUR FRIENDS
Thursday's game was Lester's shortest since a four-inning outing on July 22, 2012, against the Blue Jays, when he gave up 11 runs on nine hits and five walks over four innings.REPLAY REVIEW
In the Dodgers seventh, Justin Turner hit what he thought was a home run to left. The ball hit the yellow rope on top of the basket rimming the outfield wall and bounced back onto the field. Cubs left fielder Coghlan thought the ball was out of the park, and he didn't chase it until center fielder Chris Denorfia shouted his way. The umpires then conducted a crew chief review for a potential home run. Replay officials overturned the home run call, and Turner was credited with a triple.INJURY UPDATE
Cubs third baseman Kris Bryant left the game after two innings because of flu-like symptoms. Bryant has started every game since he was promoted to the big leagues on April 17. He was batting .278, and he was 3-for-10 in his last three games. The Cubs were short-handed to start the game because shortstop Starlin Castro was at a Chicago hospital waiting for the birth of his second child, but Castro was at Wrigley Field by the third inning.Ken Gurnick/MLB.com
MOMENTS THAT MATTERED
He can play defense: The lineup maneuverings triggered by Yasiel Puig's scratch had Alex Guerrero in left field, and in the fourth inning, he charged Miguel Montero's pinch-hit single and cut down Chris Coghlan trying to score from second base. It was Guerrero's first career outfield assist.Tempers flared: Lester needed 24 pitches to get through seven batters. He then walked A.J. Ellis to start the second, but he wasn't happy with the call, and home-plate umpire Andy Fletcher noticed. Fletcher started to walk toward the mound, but catcher David Ross stepped between the pitcher and umpire. Cubs manager Joe Maddon then came out and had a heated discussion with Fletcher, and somehow no one was ejected. Lester was lifted after throwing 75 pitches over four innings.SOUND SMART WITH YOUR FRIENDS
Thursday's game was Lester's shortest since a four-inning outing on July 22, 2012, against the Blue Jays, when he gave up 11 runs on nine hits and five walks over four innings.REPLAY REVIEW
In the Dodgers seventh, Justin Turner hit what he thought was a home run to left. The ball hit the yellow rope on top of the basket rimming the outfield wall and bounced back onto the field. Cubs left fielder Coghlan thought the ball was out of the park, and he didn't chase it until center fielder Chris Denorfia shouted his way. The umpires then conducted a crew chief review for a potential home run. Replay officials overturned the home run call, and Turner was credited with a triple.INJURY UPDATE
Cubs third baseman Kris Bryant left the game after two innings because of flu-like symptoms. Bryant has started every game since he was promoted to the big leagues on April 17. He was batting .278, and he was 3-for-10 in his last three games. The Cubs were short-handed to start the game because shortstop Starlin Castro was at a Chicago hospital waiting for the birth of his second child, but Castro was at Wrigley Field by the third inning.Ken Gurnick/MLB.com
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