Yesterday, Joe Maddon and the first-place Chicago Cubs were able to manage a four-game split with the Arizona Diamondbacks. As discussions between the Cubs and Rangers progressed, David Bote and Anthony Rizzo provided a little walk-off magic in the ninth.
Eventually, the Cubs found themselves in a 6-1 hole entering the home half of the fifth inning. Thursday’s starter, Tyler Chatwood, walked another six batters while yielding four earned runs in 4 2/3 innings.
Chatwood leads the league in walks with 85 under his belt. We just now started the second half and he is already eight walks over his career high of 77 – which came in his final year with the Colorado Rockies.