Alec Mills, in his brief Cubs career, has shown flashes of brilliance.
Tuesday night, we saw more of those flashes as Mills threw six excellent shutout innings and, with two relievers, combined on a five-hit, 3-0 shutout of the Reds Tuesday evening at Wrigley Field.
Mills had a quick first inning and, though he allowed two baserunners in the second, ended that inning by striking out Jose Garcia.
Then the Cubs offense got to work, with a little help from our old buddy Nick Castellanos.
With one out in the bottom of the second, Kyle Schwarber walked and Willson Contreras singled.