Source: www.bleedcubbieblue.com --- Sunday, April 29, 2018
Tyler Chatwood pitched — and hit! — the Cubs to victory. There has certainly been a lot of exciting Cubs Baseball over the last three-plus seasons. And yet, I don’t think I have enjoyed a weekend of regular-season Cubs Baseball more than the past four days, a four-game Cubs sweep of the Brewers that culminated Sunday afternoon with a well-pitched 2-0, two-hit shutout victory . At last, Tyler Chatwood showed the form that prompted Theo & Co. to sign him to a three-year contract this past offseason. One of the things that had hurt Chatwood in his previous starts was too many walks. His walk rate of 7.9 per nine innings prior to Sunday was nearly double his previous rate of 4.2. Sunday, Chatwood was in command through seven outstanding innings. He did issue three walks, but that’s more in line with his historic walk rate. Other than that, all he allowed was two singles, one by Ryan Braun in the first, the other by Christian Yelich in the third. Braun was erased on a double play, and after Yelich’s single, Chatwood retired 11 in a row until he walked Jesus Aguilar in the seventh. Another double-play ball bailed him out of that inning. That dropped his season walk rate down to 6.9, and I imagine it’ll continue to drop until it’s back to his career average. Meanwhile, Brewers starter Zach Davies was nearly matching Chatwood. The Cubs loaded the bases with two out in the second inning and Chatwood sent a ground ball up the middle that ...
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