Cubs Insider · Apr 28, 2015
A Tip of the Recap – April 27th
W FlagThe Cubs shut out the Pirates tonight and won by a score of 4-0 in just 2 hours and 2o minutes.
The Good
Jason Hammel was on cruise control all night and pitched 8 scoreless innings, only giving up 4 hits and walking 0 while striking out 7. It was easily the best performance by a starting pitcher this season for the Cubs.
All 4 runs were scored via 2-out hits by the Cubs, which is a complete 180 compared to the past couple seasons. Anthony Rizzo had an RBI double and an RBI single, while Kris Bryant had his own 2-out magic with a 2-run single in the 3rd.