Cole Hamels looked great, throwing 5u2154 innings, allowing just five baserunners and none past second base, and three Cubs relievers threw three scoreless innings, and...
Oh, wait. You know that partial sentence above left out something important, and that’s the first five batters of this game. Hamels, before settling down and looking sharp, allowed a double, two walks and a two-run single to the first five Brewers hitters and the Cubs could do nothing offensively, so the result was a frustrating 2-0 defeat Saturday afternoon at Wrigley Field.
Hamels started this game as if he wasn’t going to make it out of the first inning.