Things started off not mind-blowing, or at least, not mind-blowing in a good way. Edinson Volquez, pitching in a real game for the first time since 2017, struggled with his command early on and gave up three in the top of the first, making a Cubs-heavy crowd in Arlington loud and making Rangers fans dread another shellacking.
Volquez settled down a bit after that, however, allowing a run in the third, but otherwise keeping the Cubs off the board through the fourth inning, Volquez wasn’t particularly good over that stretch, mind you, but he was good enough, and outperformed Yu Darvish, who had a rough homecoming.
