2018 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 122

It appears that all but one member of the Cubs understood what the script was. Outfielder his home run. Cubs shut out Pirates. Cubs win. To be fair, that’s a lousy script. It isn’t the dead ball era. That isn’t really a repeatable strategy. The Cubs offense is supposed to be way more potent than this. I should, I suppose be happy with two out of three on the road. But why settle when more is there for the taking?

Tyler Chatwood did his thing. He walked three batters in just over two innings. Two of those walks came around to score. But Joe had a quick hook this time and four Cubs relievers combined on six innings of scoreless relief. The four relievers combined to allow just one walk the…