Maybe David Ross should bench more of his slumping players.
One day after Kyle Schwarber was removed from a game for apparent lollygagging, he blasted two doubles (hustling all the way). Schwarber’s good offensive game plus another solid Jon Lester outing gave the Cubs a 5-0 triumph over the Pirates, their seventh shutout win of the abbreviated 2020 season. That’s a lot of shutouts in just 54 games. The Cubs had 10 in the 162-game 2019 season. The seven blankings are tied for the MLB lead with the Indians.