Cubs Shutout Giants to Take Game 1 of NLDS

CHICAGO — The Giants were right to think their rotation could go neck-and-neck with Chicago's in the National League Division Series. They still have not figured out, however, how to be the team that gets the big hit at Wrigley Field.Johnny Cueto and Jon Lester were brilliant in Game 1 of the NLDS, but Cueto made a mistake in the eighth and his shot at a victory drifted away, out past the shaking bleachers. Javier Baez hit a poorly located fastball in the eighth, providing the only offense in a 1-0 game with a solo shot. Late Heroics Lift Giants Over Mets in NL Wild-Card Game Cueto gave up just three hits, two fewer than Lester, who matched his eight innings. Aroldis Chapman was the only other pitcher to take the mound, and he worked past a two-out double by Buster Posey to give the Cubs the series lead.The city of Chicago waited all season for this night, but Cueto took the air out of Wrigley Field early, retiring the first 10 hitters he faced. He got some help from two players — Gorkys Hernandez and Kelby Tomlinson — in the lineup to provide right-handed bats against Lester. Hernandez robbed David Ross of extra bases in the third. Kris Bryant snapped the...