2019 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 46

Patrick Gorski-USA TODAY Sports For the second straight night, the Cubs played a game that can effectively be split into two parts. In the first part, Jose Quintana outdueled Zach Eflin through six innings. Q looked very good, as he basically has with the exception of his very first start against the Brewers. That start is looking more and more like an aberration as the season wears on. Be it the voodoo magic that turns the Brewers from ordinary hitters to demi-gods when playing at home or be it something related to Q’s rhythm being thrown off by an extended relief outing in the first series of the year against the Rangers. Either way, he wasn’t himself that night. Since that start, Q has thrown 50\u2153 innings and is 4-2 with a 2.32 ERA (3.12 FIP). He has a K/9 of 7.69 and a BB/9 of 2.15. His numbers are aided a bit by a BABIP of .248 which will almost certainly creep up as the season goes and a strand rate of 83.7% which is elevated. But he’s also helped by a 51% ground ball rate.

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