Former Maryland baseball stars Matt Shaw and Sean Burke faced off Sunday in a cross-town matchup between their respective Chicago Cubs and Chicago White Sox.
Shaw’s Cubs came out victorious, 5-4, to complete a three-game series win. Burke pitched 4 2⁄3 innings in relief, allowing two runs on five hits with eight strikeouts and finishing the game with a no-decision.
The Cubs’ win came in part due to Shaw’s sixth-inning RBI double off a Burke slider, Shaw’s only hit in four plate appearances. He is hitting .226 with a .