All right, fess up.
Who stole Tyler Chatwood and replaced him with Max Scherzer?
Whatever has changed in this new version of Chatwood, let’s keep him around for a while, shall we? Chatwood tied his career high with 11 strikeouts in 6x excellent innings and the Cubs beat the Pirates for the second straight night, 4-3. The win was not without some unneeded ninth-inning drama, and I’ll get to that, but let’s talk about the good stuff first.
Over the first six innings, Chatwood was nearly unhittable.