Just two days ago I reminded you that it was the 70th anniversary of the Cubs being no-hit by the Giants — the New York Giants! — in a spring training game at Wrigley Field in Los Angeles.
They nearly returned the favor Friday night at Scottsdale Stadium. Marcus Stroman, Mark Leiter Jr., Jonathan Holder, Stephen Gonsalves and Locke St. John threw seven no-hit innings against the Giants, who now, of course, reside in San Francisco. The Giants then touched up Eric Yardley and Matt Dermody for three runs in the eighth and ninth but the Cubs had scored enough early for a 7-3 victory, their first of the spring.