CHICAGO _ The Cubs, home for a three-game series before resuming their 20-game odyssey on the road, rallied for a 3-2 victory Monday night over the San Diego Padres at Wrigley Field. Jon Lester surrendered home runs to Jose Pirela and Yangervis Solarte, but Willson Contreras sparked a two-run rally with a game-tying home run in the seventh.
Anthony Rizzo extended his hitting streak to 13 games with a leadoff bunt single in the bottom of the first. Manager Joe Maddon put on the hit-and-run play in the seventh inning with Javier Baez at first, and the move paid off when Jose Pirela bobbled Albert Almora Jr.'s double to score the winning run.
Lester threw 71 pitches through the first three innings but managed to last six innings. Koji Uehara worked out of a jam in the eighth. Wade Davis struck out Wil Myers and induced Hunter Renfroe to hit a grounder to the mound with the tying and go-ahead runs on base to end the game.
Almora made a sliding catch in right center to rob Chase d'Arnaud of a hit in the second, but Lester had to labor after a Baez throw sailed well wide of first for an error in the third.
