Marcus Stroman earned his first win for the Cubs with seven dominant innings on his birthday to beat the Brewers and Corbin Burnes 2-0.
The outlook wasn’t brilliant for the North Side nine on this day, with one of the hottest pitchers staring down a lineup that had produced exactly one run each in four of its five games to start the two-city trip.
“Definitely felt good to get that last one and avoid the sweep,” said Stroman, who produced his best start as a Cub on his 31st birthday — taking the cake by retiring the final 14 he faced. “I really thought he found his rhythm his last start,” said Ross, who attributed some of the earlier struggles to the short spring training after MLB’s lockout. “One of those early starts that didn’t go quite like he wanted probably’s in spring training, maybe two of those.”Regardless, the Cubs’ rotation needs a lot more of what Stroman provided Sunday if the Cubs are going to do anything but fade quickly into National League obscurity this season.
“Good starting pitching’s going to need to happen, right?” Ross said before the game when addressing how the Cubs might reverse their April trends. “Everything goes with how those guys set the tone on the mound.
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