2019 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 20

I learned early last year that Tyler Chatwood pitching raised my blood pressure. So, when he was scheduled to pitch, I usually found something else to do. Given the holiday, I had no trouble doing that for his first start this year. This time around, I appear to have missed a real gem. Tyler Chatwood continued the really strong stretch of pitching the Cubs have had running. We’ll get more into this in my next piece, but over their last 12 games, the Cubs have allowed 16 runs — just over two runs per game. On top of that, three games produced 17 of the runs.

My only sadness about Sunday’s game is that Pedro Strop was tagged for a home run in the ninth inning. Since the Cubs had only managed…