CHICAGO -- After giving up 10 earned runs -- the second most in any start of his career -- Chicago Cubs left-hander Jon Lester called himself the "weakest link" in the team's rotation.
"I feel like they had a better plan than I did," Lester said Tuesday of the Oakland Athletics hitters. "Plain and simple. They executed their plan and before we could make the adjustment there's eight runs up there."
Oakland sent 12 men to the plate during an eight-run second inning, then plated three more in the fourth on a Stephen Piscotty three-run home run.