When you look at the Chicago Cubs‘ rotation, you can see it coming together. Yu Darvish had a solid game today. Jose Quintana was magnificent, and Jon Lester was strong again. The only one that was ‘lackluster’ was Kyle Hendricks, but that wasn’t all his fault. His five innings of work weren’t his greatest, but four earned runs (three earned) weren’t the worst he could do, either.
The biggest change of them all? Darvish. After throwing over 30+ pitches in the first, he calmed down after that. Over 94 pitches (54 for strikes), Darvish allowed just one run and two hits while allowing three walked batters.