Jon Lester got a hit in the 67th at-bat of his career on Monday, ending the longest hitless streak to begin a Major League career.

Lester got an infield single off John Lackey, a former teammate with the Boston Red Sox now with the St. Louis Cardinals, in the second inning. He received a standing ovation from the crowd at Wrigley when he reached first base. He then looked up and pointed at the sky with both fingers, as players often do after getting on base.

"Just making light of it," Lester said. "I know Lackey, I played a long time with him. We had some bets going into the game, a little trash talk involved. It's been a long time coming. It's nice but it's not something you can really enjoy right now."

Lester has one walk and one hit in his career. Including the postseason, he is 1-for-72.

"How about it? He doesn't have a bad swing," Joe Maddon said. "He's hit some balls really hard this year and hit into some bad luck. Hopefully it's going to lead to more hits. There's a lot of guys with worse swings than he has that have gotten hits."