CHICAGO -- Michael Chavis stayed in the batter's box a few more seconds after whiffing before walking back to the dugout as "Go Cubs Go" started to blare through Wrigley Field's speakers.
It was a momentary pause, perhaps oddly appropriate given the history that was just made. The Pirates had just suffered the most lopsided loss in their franchise's 136-year history, 21-0, a near perfect inverse of the infamous Rennie Stennett game that was played on this very same field 47 years earlier.
It was about the only way you could use "perfect" as a way to describe this game.