CHICAGO -- Jon Lester will start the Chicago Cubs playoff opener.Manager Joe Maddon announced Tuesday he was going with Lester over Kyle Hendricks and 2015 NL Cy Young Award winner Jake Arrieta in Game 1 of the NLDS against the New York Mets or San Francisco Giants. The series opens at Wrigley Field on Friday, with the Cubs sights set on winning their first World Series since 1908 after leading the majors with 103 wins.Lester (19-5) was second in the majors to Hendricks with a 2.44 ERA.Hendricks (16-8, 2.13) will start Game 2 at home on Saturday. Arrieta (18-8, 3.10) will pitch Game 3 on the road, with John Lackey (11-8, 3.35) starting Game 4 if necessary.Lester was 10-2 with a 1.74 ERA at Wrigley Field. Hendricks also dominated at home, going 9-2 with a 1.32 ERA.Arrieta was shaky down the stretch, going 3-3 with a 4.33 ERA in his last seven starts. Cheap Air Max Authentic . Ronaldo produced a spectacular individual performance on Tuesday, scoring all three goals and guiding Portugal into the next years World Cup in Brazil with a 3-2 victory in Sweden. The Real Madrid forward has scored 66 goals in 2013, but the last three may be the boost he needs to upstage Messi after FIFA unexpectedly extended the voting period for the Ballon dOr to Nov. Wholesale Air Max Shoes . 8 Kansas to a 64-63 win over Texas Tech on Tuesday night. The freshman from Vaughan, Ont. http://www.cheapairmaxshoesfreeshipping.com/ Discount Air Max . JOHNS, N. Cheap Air Max Free Shipping . Vettel, who has already clinched his fourth straight F1 title, enters the finale with a chance to equal Michael Schumachers 13 victories in a year and match the record of nine consecutive wins by Alberto Ascari in the 1952 and 1953 seasons.Dundee United midfielder Paul Paton has been named the Scottish Premiership Player of the Month for February. Paton has recently returned from long-term injury and provided a lift for United in their battle to avoid the drop to the Scottish Championship.He scored with a spectacular strike against Hearts to secure a late victory on February 20 and then opened the scoring a week later in a 3-0 rout of Ross County at Dingwall. Paton scores Uniteds winning goal against Hearts United remain rooted to the bottom of the Premiership, though, eight points adrift of their closest rivals Kilmarnock having played one game less.United manager Mixu Paatelainen labelled Paton an absolute man mountain and team-mate Billy McKay believes his return can steer the team to safety.Paton said: I won one last year but I didnt expect it then and I certainly didnt expect it now. Its always nice but obviously the most important thing is that it was a good month for the club. Paton has recently returned from a lengthy injury lay-off We feel as if were in good form, Wednesday night [a 1-0 home defeat to Aberdeen] aside.dddddddddddd We were playing a top side so we wont get too down about that.Weve got a lot of big games coming up, were still positive and confident and well take that into our upcoming games.The 28-year-old also maintains the players remain upbeat and that United have their sights set on survival.Confidence has always been high. Ever since the new management team came in theyve been great and they have kept confidence high, Paton said.Obviously weve not been getting the results weve wanted earlier in the season but weve picked up now and whats happened has happened in the past. We just now need to look to the future and make it a positive one. Also See: Dundee Utd fixtures Dundee Utd stats Scottish Prem table Bet ￡5 Get ￡20 Free China NFL Jerseys Cheap Nike NFL Jerseys NFL Jerseys Cheap Wholesale NFL Jerseys Cheap Basketball Jerseys Online Stitched Hockey Jerseys Wholesale Baseball Jerseys Football Jerseys Outlet College Jerseys For Sale Cheap MLB Jerseys Wholesale Soccer Jerseys Wholesale Jerseys For Sale Wholesale NFL Jerseys ' ' '