LHP Jon Lester was placed on the 10-day disabled list with left lat tightness/general shoulder fatigue on Friday. Lester, 33, is 8-7 with a 4.37 ERA in 26 starts with the Cubs this season. It will be his first trip to the disabled list since the 2011 season.

LHP Jon Lester was placed on the 10-day disabled list Friday with left lat tightness and shoulder fatigue, but the injury is not expected to be season-ending. Lester was pulled in the second inning of Thursday afternoon's game against the Cincinnati Reds due to the injury and saw a team doctor after the game. He allowed nine runs (seven earned) in 1 2/3 innings as the Reds outlasted the Chicago Cubs 13-10. The 33-year-old Lester is 8-7 with a 4.37 ERA over 148 1/3 innings in 26 starts this season after helping the Cubs win the World Series last year. He signed a six-year, $155 million deal before the 2015 season.

The Chicago Cubs placed left-hander Jon Lester on the 10-day disabled list Friday with left lat tightness and shoulder fatigue, but the injury is not expected to be season-ending.Lester was pulled in the second inning of Thursday afternoon's game against the Cincinnati Reds due to the injury and saw a team doctor after the game. He allowed nine runs (seven earned) in 1 2/3 innings as the Reds outlasted the Chicago Cubs 13-10."There's no minimum or maximum, just that it's a 10-day stay and then we'll figure it out," Cubs manager Joe Maddon told reporters Friday of Lester's return.Lester was replaced by left-hander Mike Montgomery in Thursday's game after facing 11 batters in the second inning and Cincinnati leading 8-0. Montgomery will take Lester's slot in the rotation.The 33-year-old Lester is 8-7 with a 4.37 ERA over 148 1/3 innings in 26 starts this season after helping the Cubs win the World Series last year. He signed a six-year, $155 million deal before the 2015 season.Montgomery... [More]

LHP Jon Lester started but lasted only into the second inning before leaving with left lat tightness. He allowed nine runs (seven earned) in the second inning. It was the second time he's allowed at least eight runs in a season, giving up 10 runs in the first inning July 9 at Pittsburgh. He was scheduled to see a doctor late Thursday and his condition was not expected to be known until Friday.

LHP Jon Lester (8-7, 3.99 ERA) is 3-1 with a 3.26 ERA in six starts since the break with one blip -- allowing four runs on seven hits over six innings in a 6-2 loss to the Arizona Diamondbacks on Saturday. He's 4-3 with a 3.76 ERA in 14 home starts compared to 4-4, 4.27 in 11 appearances away from Wrigley Field. Left-handers are batting only .184 while righties are hitting .264. He's 4-1 with a 4.79 ERA in 11 career starts against Cincinnati, all coming since joining the Cubs. Lester is 2-0 with a 3.94 in five Wrigley Field starts against the Reds.

Cubs LHP Jon Lester struggles at holding runners at first base, though he's reduced the number of stolen bases against him from 44 in 2015 to 13 this season. The Diamondbacks oppose him Saturday, and they're fifth in the majors with 77 stolen bases. Also, Arizona manager Torey Lovullo knows all about Lester's difficulties in making pickoff throws, having worked with him as the bench coach while the two were with the Red Sox. Cubs manager Joe Maddon said the answer to slowing Arizona's running game is simple: "Don't let them on first base." Maddon added, "I don't like pitchers to lose focus to the plate (worrying about who's on base). You've got to keep the right guys -- or the wrong guys -- off first base to control it."

LHP Jon Lester had just about everything but the victory Tuesday. He recorded his 2,000th career strikeout, went-2-for-2 for his first multi-hit game and recorded his first career home run in the Cubs' 16-4 victory. But he didn't get the win, departing after four-plus innings and 104 pitches as Arizona batters made him work. Lester allowed three runs on five hits, walked three and struck out nine.

LHP Jon Lester (8-6) picked up his third victory in as many starts with an impressive performance Thursday night against the White Sox. Lester limited the Cubs' crosstown rivals to two runs on four hits in seven innings. He walked one and struck out four as his ERA dropped to 3.88.

LHP Jon Lester (7-6) struck out 10, matching a season high, and allowed two solo home runs, three hits and no walks in eight innings Saturday against the Cardinals. He took a perfect game into the sixth inning. He retired the first 17 batters he faced before he gave up a two-out single to RHP Adam Wainwright in the sixth inning for the Cubs' longest no-hit bid this season.

LHP Jon Lester (6-6, 4.07 ERA) makes his 21st start of the season and 12th at home on Saturday. He is coming off a seven-inning effort where he allowed just one run on three hits in a 4-3 Cubs victory on July 17. Lester is 0-1 in three starts against St. Louis this season with a 3.78 ERA. He has a 2.37 lifetime ERA in 12 starts against the Cardinals, the third lowest active ERA among pitchers with at least 10 starts against St. Louis.

LHP Jon Lester bounced back from a career-worst effort to beat the Braves on Monday. He threw 102 pitches on Monday and allowed one run on three hits with one walk and six strikeouts. Lester retired the last 10 batters he faced. He also had a double, a walk and his first career stolen base. The last Chicago pitcher with an extra-base hit, a walk and a steal was Charlie Root in 1930. Lester is now 3-0 with a 0.63 ERA in his last four games against the Braves.

LHP Jon Lester will start Monday's series opener in Atlanta, manager Joe Maddon said. Lester is trying to bounce back from giving up 10 runs in two-thirds of an inning in his last start.

LHP Jon Lester allowed 10 runs (four earned) and six hits, struck out none and walked three in 2/3 of an inning Sunday against the Pirates. He threw 53 pitches in the shortest outing of his career. The outing snapped a streak of 101 consecutive starts with at least one strikeout. Lester gave up 10 runs in a game for the first time since July 22, 2012, against Toronto.

LHP Jon Lester (5-5) departed after five innings and 100 pitches in his 40th inter-league start. He allowed nine hits, six runs (five earned), walked one and struck out six. Tuesday's start was Lester's first on the Fourth of July and first against Tampa Bay since his final start with Boston on July 25, 2014. While with the Red Sox he made 28 starts against the Rays, going 13-9 with a 4.08 ERA. His six runs allowed are the most at Wrigley Field since Aug. 19, 2015 against the Tigers. The Cubs are now 7-3 in his last 10 starts.

LHP Jon Lester went six innings and gave up three hits and one run on Thursday. Manager Joe Maddon said the heat played a part. "It was time" to take him out, Maddon said.

LHP Jon Lester will pitch the series finale Thursday at Washington. He is 5-4 with a 3.83 ERA this year. Lester has made four starts in his career against the Nationals and they have all been quality ones. He last faced Washington in 2015 at Wrigley Field and took the loss despite allowing only one earned run in seven innings with 10 strikeouts.

LHP Jon Lester (5-4) earned a win against the Marlins on Saturday and has now defeated 29 of the 30 teams in the majors. The only exception is the Boston Red Sox, a team he used to play for and has never faced. Facing Miami for the fifth time on Saturday, Lester pitched seven innings and allowed four hits, one walk and three runs. Lester retired 18 of the last 20 batters he faced.

LHP Jon Lester on Saturday will start against the Marlins, a team he has never beaten in four career starts, sporting a 4.91 ERA. He has beaten the 28 other major-league teams he has faced (he has never played against the Boston Red Sox). This will be Lester's 16th start of the season, and he has been much better at home (3-1, 2.68 ERA) than on the road (1-3, 5.85). In his most recent start, against the San Diego Padres, he allowed just two runs in six innings, getting a no-decision in an eventual Cubs win. It was his eighth quality start of the season.

LHP Jon Lester took a no-decision in a six-inning outing but earned his eighth quality start of the year. Lester gave up two runs on five hits, walked one and struck out seven while allowing a season-high two home runs. Lester has posted a 2.68 ERA in nine home starts.

LHP Jon Lester reached a milestone Tuesday night, when he earned the 150th victory of his career by tossing seven strong innings in the Cubs' 8-1 win over the Mets. Lester allowed five hits and one walk while striking out 10 in becoming the eighth active pitcher to reach 150 wins. He is tied with San Diego Padres RHP Jered Weaver on the active list, six wins behind Seattle Mariners RHP Felix Hernandez. Lester is 4-4 with a 3.89 ERA in 14 starts this season.