CHICAGO -- With two outs in the seventh inning the statistic was staggering: The Giants hadnt gotten a hit in 40 at-bats spanning two games.Hunter Pence ended the futility with a home run, but it wasnt enough to stop San Francisco from another defeat in its miserable second half of the season.Jon Lester pitched 6 2/3 innings of no-hit ball and settled for his second complete game of the season, helping the sizzling Chicago Cubs shut down the Giants 2-1 on Friday.We were getting some things going but the boys needed a break and have one of those hard-hit balls fall in, Giants manager Bruce Bochy said.Pence ended Lesters bid for a second no-hitter with a homer to left on a 1-2 changeup that cut over the plate. Brandon Crawford followed with a double and it looked like Eduardo Nunez was going to drive in the tying run, but his liner was caught by third baseman Kris Bryant.We ran into a very hot pitcher whos throwing the ball very well and he was on top of his game, Bochy said. Still, youve got to generate some offense.I will say we hit some balls right at them, too. We couldve used a break on Nunezs ball. He just hit it right at him or right there the game is tied.Lester worked around Trevor Browns one-out double in the eighth. After a ninth-inning walk, he struck out Crawford -- his fourth of the game -- to end it with his 102nd pitch.Lester allowed three hits and walked two. The Cubs have won five straight to improve to 87-47. The last time they were 40 games over .500 was the end of the 1945 season.Its pretty incredible, Cubs manager Joe Maddon said.David Ross had an RBI double and Dexter Fowler a run-scoring single in the third off Albert Suarez (3-3) as the Giants fell to a major league-worst 15-29 since the All-Star break.Lester walked Buster Posey with two outs in the first inning and followed by setting down 18 straight while getting some help.Bryant made a diving, backhand grab of Crawfords liner to lead off the fifth and Dexter Fowler made a sliding catch of pinch-hitter Kelby Tomlinsons liner to center an inning later.We had some chances, Pence said. Crawford hit a double. Brownie hit the double. Nunez crushed that line drive right at him Dennard (Span) hit that line drive. They just happened to be there.The 32-year-old Lester threw a no-hitter on May 19, 2008, for Boston against Kansas City. He acknowledged he started thinking about a second one after the first inning and added, Anybody that tells you different is lying to you.The rookie Suarez retired the first six batters. He allowed three hits with two walks and three strikeouts in five innings, settling down after his 34-pitch third.I thought he did a very nice job, Bochy said. He got in a jam there and couldve let it get away from him but he made big pitches. He found a way to keep it close and gave us five solid innings.TRAINERS ROOMGiants: Brown (illness) started after being unavailable Thursday, allowing Posey to play 1B. Brown tested negative for strep throat. ... RHP Matt Cain (back) was activated off the DL and became the 12th reliever thanks to expanded rosters.Cubs: RHP John Lackey (shoulder) came out fine after a bullpen session and will start Sundays series finale.LONG DROUGHTThe 12 consecutive full innings the Giants were held without a hit tied the longest streak for the team since at least 1974, according to STATS.PENCES STREAKPence has hit in 17 straight games at Wrigley Field, the longest active streak in the majors.CLOSE GAME WOESThe Giants fell to 4-12 in one-run games since the All-Star break.UP NEXTA showdown of stars Saturday as Cubs RHP Jake Arrieta (16-5, 2.84 ERA) faces LHP Madison Bumgarner (13-8, 2.49). Itll be an interesting day, no question, Maddon said. Cheap Buffalo Bills Jerseys . Fellow centre Pavel Datsyuk remains out because of a concussion. Zetterberg has 11 goals and 19 assists for a team-high 30 points, and Datsyuk has a team-high 12 goals and 11 assists. 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TORONTO -- The Pittsburgh Penguins had their seven-game winning streak stopped Friday night when they lost 1-0 in overtime to the Los Angeles Kings.The Stanley Cup champions will try to start a new streak Saturday night at Air Canada Centre when they play the Toronto Maple Leafs, who have one win in their past seven games.The Maple Leafs have lost their past two games by 3-2 scores in shootouts with the San Jose Sharks and the Arizona Coyotes.Another streak ended for the Penguins on Friday -- Sydney Crosbys nine-game point streak. He leads the NHL with 21 goals and has points in 20 of 25 games this season.Matt Murray made his fifth consecutive start for the Penguins on Friday and had 27 saves.They did a good job of packing it in and kept us to the outside for the most part, but we played really well, Murray said. It was just one of those nights.The Penguins picked up another injury on their defense. They already are without Kris Letang for about two weeks with a lower body injury incurred against the Boston Bruins on Wednesday. Derrick Pouliot was recalled from Wilkes-Barre/Scranton to take Letangs spot.The Penguins lost defenseman Trevor Daley to an upper-body injury in the second period on Friday and he was still being evaluated.Brian Dumoulin was hit by a puck in the cheek in the third period but was able to return.Those are two guys we need, and who play a lot of minutes, Dumoulin said of Letang and Daley.Pouliot had played one game against the Sharks earlier this season and played more than 18 minutes on Friday.I thought he did a real nice job, Penguins coach Mike Sullivan said. He kept hhis game simple.dddddddddddd I thought he played within himself. He was playing with confidence. He used his mobility out there. I thought he had a strong game for his first game back.Maple Leafs center Nazem Kadri will be trying to stop Crosby.I dont think our game plan is to come out, have a shootout and trade chances, Kadri said. Thats not going to work in our favor. We have to be patient, we have to be defensively in sync.The Maple Leafs have made a change in their backup goaltender for the game Saturday. They have recalled Jhonas Enroth from the Marlies and loaned Antoine Bibeau to the AHL club.Enroth had cleared waivers recently before being assigned to the Marlies and Bibeau played well in a loss to the Colorado Avalanche on Sunday. Enroth made 24 saves in a 5-3 win over Hartford Dec. 10 in his only start for the Marlies. He has a 3.94 goals-against average in four starts for Toronto.The Maple Leafs learned Friday that they will be without defenseman Martin Marincin for four to six weeks. He suffered a lower-body injury in the win over the Bruins in Boston on Saturday when he went hard into the boards.The first diagnosis was that the injury was not serious, coach Mike Babcock said, but his condition did not improve. Frank Corrado, who has seldom played, might be the replacement for Marincin.The Maple Leafs know what they need to do to get back to winning.We play well with the puck, we have to learn better to play without it, goaltender Frederik Andersen said. Wholesale Jerseys Wholesale Jerseys cheap jerseys Cheap Jersyes Cheap Basketball Jerseys Cheap NHL Jerseys cheap jerseys Cheap Jerseys Cheap Jerseys Cheap Jerseys From China Cheap NFL Jerseys ' ' '