The Cubs managed to squeak out a W in near-record time Friday afternoon, beating the Orioles by a score of 1-0 in a game that lasted just one hour and 49 minutes. That’s 60 seconds shy of the fastest game ever played at Wrigley Field, which is pretty incredible when you consider the Cubs used five pitchers to earn the shutout. Baltimore starter Trevor Rogers went the distance, needing 88 pitches to complete his eight innings.
Despite what some Philistines will tell you, Wrigley isn’t some kind of hitters’ paradise where howling winds carry every fly ball into the streets and where the basket provides the benefit of the doubt to lazy pop-ups.