Stroman Tosses One More Treasure, Chicago Cubs Keep Rolling

TIn this tale: Chicago Cubs Marcus Stroman threw 6 scoreless innings and also the Chicago Cubs won. Again. The Cubs (10-6) blanked the Oakland Athletics (3-15) 4-0 on Tuesday night as Stroman permitted only two hits while striking out 5 and also strolling 2. His period dropped to a miniscule 0. 75 . Stroman retired the last 14 batters he faced. Stroman joined Jake Arrieta (2016) as the only Cubs starter in the modern-day period (since 1901) with at the very least 3 scoreless starts of six innings or even more with the group's initial 16 games. Mark Leiter Jr. , Michael Fulmer and Michael Rucker quit no hits with 3 strikeouts and also three walks. Leiter Jr. (1-0) earned the win in relief. Cody Bellinger, Yan Gomes and Nick Madrigal each contributed one RBI and also Nico Hoerner reached securely on a mistake for the final run. All 4 runs was available in the eighth inning. Seiya Suzuki reached base safely all five times and also racked up the team's very first run .