Now THAT is a way to start a series against the best team in baseball!
Marcus Stroman no-hit the Rays for six innings, then Wander Franco blooped a single into left to break that up. Stroman continued to dominate and finished the Cubs’ first complete-game shutout since Alec Mills’ no-hitter in 2020. (Yes, no kidding.) It was also the first complete-game shutout thrown by a Cub at Wrigley Field since Kyle Hendricks on Opening Day 2020.
And thus, the Cubs’ 1-0 win over the Rays, which broke a four-game losing streak, was the first CG shutout by a Cub at Wrigley in front of fans since Hendricks’ 81-pitch gem over the Cardinals on May 3, 2019.