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Stroman pitches 6 innings as Cubs blank Texas Rangers 2-0

CHICAGO (AP) Marcus Stroman pitched six sparkling innings and Cody Bellinger hit a go-ahead RBI single, helping the Chicago Cubs beat the Texas Rangers 2-0 on Friday.

Stroman (2-0) allowed two hits, struck out six and walked three in his 200th career start. The right-hander also tossed six innings in a 4-0 victory over Milwaukee on opening day.

“His ball moves so much I can see it from center field,” Bellinger said.

Stroman said pitching in the World Baseball Classic provided a boost.

“For sure,” he said. “In 2017 when I played in the WBC I feel I had one of the best starts to my season. I came out and threw 200 innings.

“I feel it puts you in that competitive mind frame and gets you going much earlier than spring training, where you can go through the motions at that time.”

Chicago went ahead to stay against Nathan Eovaldi (1-1) in the fourth. Dansby Swanson reached on a fielder’s choice and stole second before coming home on Bellinger’s single to right.

Ian Happ added an RBI double in the sixth, driving in Tucker Barnhart.

Eovaldi (1-1) allowed five hits in 5 2/3 innings. He struck out six and walked one.

Texas loaded the bases with two out in the sixth, but Stroman retired Josh Jung on a grounder to second.

“We get men on base and we had the right guys up and he made some pitches when he had to,” Texas manager Bruce Bochy said.

Mark Leiter Jr. worked the seventh for Chicago, and Michael Fulmer finished the three-hitter for his first save with his new team.

NICE GRABS

Leiter appeared to be just finishing his follow-through in the seventh when Brad Miller smacked a liner to his glove side. But the reliever managed to catch the ball, ending the inning. Swanson added a nifty backhanded stop at shortstop in the ninth before Eric Hosmer dug out the throw to rob Jung of a hit.

TRAINER’S ROOM

Rangers: Josh Smith started in left field in his first action since being struck in the jaw by a pitch in Monday’s loss to Baltimore. He was hit in the lower leg by a Stroman pitch in the sixth but stayed in the game. ... Leody Tavaras (oblique) is eligible to come off the 10-day injured list but the outfielder will get at least one more start at Double-A Frisco.

UP NEXT

The Rangers’ Martín Perez (1-0, 1.59 ERA) faces fellow left-hander Justin Steele (0-0, 0.00) on Saturday afternoon.

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	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Rangers TEX4-3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
Cubs CHC3-3	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	X	2	6	0

Wrigley FieldChicago, IL

W: M. Stroman (2-0)L: N. Eovaldi (1-1)S: M. Fulmer (1)

TEXRangers

CHCCubs

.M. StromanMarcus Stroman
P
6.0 IP, 3 BB, 6 SO, 89 P
.M. FulmerMichael Fulmer
P
2.0 IP, 4 SO, 28 P

HITTERS	AB	H	BB	SO	LOB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	FPTS
M. Semien 2B	4	0	0	2	2	.207	.226	.310	.536	-1.0
C. Seager SS	2	1	2	0	0	.240	.355	.280	.635	4.0
N. Lowe 1B	4	1	0	2	3	.241	.267	.414	.680	0.0
A. Garcia CF	3	0	1	1	2	.308	.357	.462	.819	0.5
J. Jung 3B	4	0	0	1	5	.269	.321	.538	.860	-0.5
R. Grossman RF	4	0	0	2	0	.217	.269	.391	.661	-1.0
M. Garver C	3	0	0	2	0	.294	.333	.647	.980	-1.0
B. Miller DH	3	0	0	0	0	.200	.294	.400	.694	0.0
J. Smith LF	2	1	0	1	0	.333	.636	.333	.970	1.5

HITTERS	AB
M. Semien 2B	4
C. Seager SS	2
N. Lowe 1B	4
A. Garcia CF	3
J. Jung 3B	4
R. Grossman RF	4
M. Garver C	3
B. Miller DH	3
J. Smith LF	2

HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	LOB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	FPTS
N. Hoerner 2B	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	.321	.321	.393	.714	2.0
D. Swanson SS	4	1	0	0	0	1	3	.417	.500	.500	1.000	2.5
I. Happ LF	4	0	1	1	0	1	1	.400	.556	.700	1.256	2.5
C. Bellinger CF	3	0	1	1	0	1	1	.217	.308	.348	.656	1.5
T. Mancini DH	3	0	0	0	0	2	1	.182	.208	.182	.390	-1.0
P. Wisdom 3B	3	0	0	0	0	2	0	.316	.381	.737	1.118	-1.0
E. Hosmer 1B	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	.278	.350	.389	.739	2.0
M. Mastrobuoni RF	3	0	1	0	0	2	1	.143	.143	.143	.286	0.0
T. Barnhart C	3	1	1	0	0	0	3	.250	.250	.250	.500	2.0

HITTERS	AB
N. Hoerner 2B	4
D. Swanson SS	4
I. Happ LF	4
C. Bellinger CF	3
T. Mancini DH	3
P. Wisdom 3B	3
E. Hosmer 1B	1
M. Mastrobuoni RF	3
T. Barnhart C	3

2B - C. Seager
Runners left in scoring position, 2-Out - N. Lowe, J. Jung 3 (3)

2B - I. Happ (3)
RBI - I. Happ (3), C. Bellinger (6)
2-Out RBI - I. Happ, C. Bellinger
Runners left in scoring position, 2-Out - C. Bellinger, T. Barnhart

SB - D. Swanson

DP - 2 (Jung-Semien-Lowe; Semien-Seager-Lowe)

DP - (Swanson-Hoerner-Hosmer)

PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	ERA	WHIP	FPTS
N. Eovaldi (L, 1-1)	5.2	5	2	2	1	6	4.22	1.31	7.0
C. Ragans	1.1	1	0	0	1	3	0.00	1.80	3.5
I. Kennedy	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	3.0

PITCHERS	IP
N. Eovaldi (L, 1-1)	5.2
C. Ragans	1.1
I. Kennedy	1.0

PITCHERS	IP	H	BB	SO	WHIP	FPTS
M. Stroman (W, 2-0)	6.0	2	3	6	0.92	25.0
M. Leiter (H, 1)	1.0	0	0	1	1.00	3.5
M. Fulmer (S, 1)	2.0	1	0	4	1.20	14.0

PITCHERS	IP
M. Stroman (W, 2-0)	6.0
M. Leiter (H, 1)	1.0
M. Fulmer (S, 1)	2.0

Pitches-Strikes - N. Eovaldi 89-56, C. Ragans 29-17, I. Kennedy 13-8
Ground Balls-Fly Balls - N. Eovaldi 8-0, C. Ragans 2-0, I. Kennedy 2-0
Batters Faced - N. Eovaldi 21, C. Ragans 6, I. Kennedy 3

Pitches-Strikes - M. Stroman 89-52, M. Leiter 13-9, M. Fulmer 28-18
Ground Balls-Fly Balls - M. Stroman 8-0, M. Leiter 1-0, M. Fulmer 1-0
Batters Faced - M. Stroman 23, M. Leiter 3, M. Fulmer 7

.M. StromanMarcus Stroman
P
6.0 IP, 3 BB, 6 SO, 89 P
.M. FulmerMichael Fulmer
P
2.0 IP, 4 SO, 28 P

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Rangers TEX4-3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
Cubs CHC3-3	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	X	2	6	0

Wrigley FieldChicago, IL

HITTERS	AB	H	BB	SO	LOB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	FPTS
M. Semien 2B	4	0	0	2	2	.207	.226	.310	.536	-1.0
C. Seager SS	2	1	2	0	0	.240	.355	.280	.635	4.0
N. Lowe 1B	4	1	0	2	3	.241	.267	.414	.680	0.0
A. Garcia CF	3	0	1	1	2	.308	.357	.462	.819	0.5
J. Jung 3B	4	0	0	1	5	.269	.321	.538	.860	-0.5
R. Grossman RF	4	0	0	2	0	.217	.269	.391	.661	-1.0
M. Garver C	3	0	0	2	0	.294	.333	.647	.980	-1.0
B. Miller DH	3	0	0	0	0	.200	.294	.400	.694	0.0
J. Smith LF	2	1	0	1	0	.333	.636	.333	.970	1.5
Total	29	3	3	11	12	-	-	-	-	-

HITTERS	AB
M. Semien 2B	4
C. Seager SS	2
N. Lowe 1B	4
A. Garcia CF	3
J. Jung 3B	4
R. Grossman RF	4
M. Garver C	3
B. Miller DH	3
J. Smith LF	2
Total	29

HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	LOB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	FPTS
N. Hoerner 2B	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	.321	.321	.393	.714	2.0
D. Swanson SS	4	1	0	0	0	1	3	.417	.500	.500	1.000	2.5
I. Happ LF	4	0	1	1	0	1	1	.400	.556	.700	1.256	2.5
C. Bellinger CF	3	0	1	1	0	1	1	.217	.308	.348	.656	1.5
T. Mancini DH	3	0	0	0	0	2	1	.182	.208	.182	.390	-1.0
P. Wisdom 3B	3	0	0	0	0	2	0	.316	.381	.737	1.118	-1.0
E. Hosmer 1B	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	.278	.350	.389	.739	2.0
M. Mastrobuoni RF	3	0	1	0	0	2	1	.143	.143	.143	.286	0.0
T. Barnhart C	3	1	1	0	0	0	3	.250	.250	.250	.500	2.0
Total	28	2	6	2	2	9	10	-	-	-	-	-

HITTERS	AB
N. Hoerner 2B	4
D. Swanson SS	4
I. Happ LF	4
C. Bellinger CF	3
T. Mancini DH	3
P. Wisdom 3B	3
E. Hosmer 1B	1
M. Mastrobuoni RF	3
T. Barnhart C	3
Total	28

2B - C. Seager
Runners left in scoring position, 2-Out - N. Lowe, J. Jung 3 (3)

2B - I. Happ (3)
RBI - I. Happ (3), C. Bellinger (6)
2-Out RBI - I. Happ, C. Bellinger
Runners left in scoring position, 2-Out - C. Bellinger, T. Barnhart

SB - D. Swanson

DP - 2 (Jung-Semien-Lowe; Semien-Seager-Lowe)

DP - (Swanson-Hoerner-Hosmer)

PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	ERA	WHIP	FPTS
N. Eovaldi (L, 1-1)	5.2	5	2	2	1	6	4.22	1.31	7.0
C. Ragans	1.1	1	0	0	1	3	0.00	1.80	3.5
I. Kennedy	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	3.0
Total	8.0	6	2	2	2	9	-	-	-

PITCHERS	IP
N. Eovaldi (L, 1-1)	5.2
C. Ragans	1.1
I. Kennedy	1.0
Total	8.0

PITCHERS	IP	H	BB	SO	ERA	WHIP	FPTS
M. Stroman (W, 2-0)	6.0	2	3	6	0.00	0.92	25.0
M. Leiter (H, 1)	1.0	0	0	1	0.00	1.00	3.5
M. Fulmer (S, 1)	2.0	1	0	4	0.00	1.20	14.0
Total	9.0	3	3	11	-	-	-

PITCHERS	IP
M. Stroman (W, 2-0)	6.0
M. Leiter (H, 1)	1.0
M. Fulmer (S, 1)	2.0
Total	9.0

Pitches-Strikes - N. Eovaldi 89-56, C. Ragans 29-17, I. Kennedy 13-8
Ground Balls-Fly Balls - N. Eovaldi 8-0, C. Ragans 2-0, I. Kennedy 2-0
Batters Faced - N. Eovaldi 21, C. Ragans 6, I. Kennedy 3

Pitches-Strikes - M. Stroman 89-52, M. Leiter 13-9, M. Fulmer 28-18
Ground Balls-Fly Balls - M. Stroman 8-0, M. Leiter 1-0, M. Fulmer 1-0
Batters Faced - M. Stroman 23, M. Leiter 3, M. Fulmer 7

SCORING

ALL PLAYS

4TH INNING
Bellinger singled to right, Swanson scored 0 1
6TH INNING
Happ doubled to deep center, Barnhart scored 0 2

4TH INNING
	Bellinger singled to right, Swanson scored	0	1

6TH INNING
	Happ doubled to deep center, Barnhart scored	0	2

1ST INNING
Rangers
M. Stroman Pitching:
M. Semien: Ball, Foul, Ball, Foul, Foul, Strike swinging, Semien struck out swinging
C. Seager: Ball, Ball, Strike swinging, Ball, Foul, Foul, Foul, Ball, Seager walked
N. Lowe: Foul, Ball, Ball, Ball, Lowe singled to left, Seager to second
A. Garcia: Garcia lined out to center
J. Jung: Ball, Strike looking, Strike looking, Strike swinging, Jung struck out swinging
Middle of the 1st (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors)
Cubs
N. Eovaldi Pitching:
N. Hoerner: Hoerner lined out to center
D. Swanson: Strike looking, Ball, Strike looking, Ball, Ball, Strike looking, Swanson struck out looking
I. Happ: Strike looking, Happ grounded out to second
End of the 1st (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)
2ND INNING
Rangers
M. Stroman Pitching:
R. Grossman: Strike looking, Foul, Ball, Strike swinging, Grossman struck out swinging
M. Garver: Strike looking, Strike looking, Ball, Foul tip, Garver struck out on foul tip
B. Miller: Strike looking, Ball, Ball, Strike looking, Ball, Miller grounded out to shortstop
Middle of the 2nd (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)
Cubs
N. Eovaldi Pitching:
C. Bellinger: Strike looking, Ball, Ball, Bellinger lined out to right
T. Mancini: Ball, Ball, Strike looking, Ball, Strike looking, Strike looking, Mancini struck out looking
P. Wisdom: Ball, Ball, Ball, Strike looking, Foul, Foul, Wisdom grounded out to shortstop
End of the 2nd (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)
3RD INNING
Rangers
M. Stroman Pitching:
J. Smith: Strike looking, Ball, Strike swinging, Ball, Foul, Smith singled to shallow left
M. Semien: Semien grounded into double play shortstop to second to first, Smith out at second
C. Seager: Ball, Strike looking, Seager grounded out to second
Middle of the 3rd (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors)
Cubs
N. Eovaldi Pitching:
E. Hosmer: Ball, Ball, Ball, Strike looking, Ball, Hosmer walked
M. Mastrobuoni: Strike looking, Foul, Foul, Ball, Ball, Strike swinging, Mastrobuoni struck out swinging
T. Barnhart: Strike looking, Barnhart grounded into double play second to shortstop to first, Hosmer out at second
End of the 3rd (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)
4TH INNING
Rangers
M. Stroman Pitching:
N. Lowe: Ball, Ball, Foul, Ball, Lowe grounded out to pitcher
A. Garcia: Strike looking, Ball, Strike looking, Strike swinging, Garcia struck out swinging
J. Jung: Ball, Jung lined out to first
Middle of the 4th (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)
Cubs
N. Eovaldi Pitching:
N. Hoerner: Strike looking, Ball, Hoerner singled to center
D. Swanson: Ball, Foul, Strike swinging, Ball, Foul, Pickoff attempt, Swanson reached on fielder's choice to third, Hoerner out at second
I. Happ: Ball, Strike looking, Ball, Ball, Strike looking, Strike swinging, Happ struck out swinging, Swanson stole second
C. Bellinger: Ball, Foul, Bellinger singled to right, Swanson scored
T. Mancini: Strike looking, Mancini grounded out to shortstop
End of the 4th (1 Run, 2 Hits, 0 Errors)
5TH INNING
Rangers
M. Stroman Pitching:
R. Grossman: Ball, Ball, Grossman grounded out to shortstop
M. Garver: Garver fouled out to first
B. Miller: Ball, Ball, Strike looking, Strike looking, Miller grounded out to first
Middle of the 5th (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)
Cubs
N. Eovaldi Pitching:
P. Wisdom: Foul, Foul, Ball, Ball, Foul, Ball, Foul tip, Wisdom struck out on foul tip
E. Hosmer: Strike looking, Strike (foul tip), Hosmer grounded out to catcher
M. Mastrobuoni: Strike swinging, Strike swinging, Ball, Strike swinging, Mastrobuoni struck out swinging
End of the 5th (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)
6TH INNING
Rangers
M. Stroman Pitching:
J. Smith: Ball, Smith hit by pitch
M. Semien: Semien grounded out to pitcher, Smith to second
C. Seager: Intentional ball, Strike looking, Ball, Ball, Foul, Ball, Seager walked
N. Lowe: Ball, Strike looking, Foul, Strike swinging, Lowe struck out swinging
A. Garcia: Ball, Foul, Foul, Ball, Ball, Ball, Garcia walked, Smith to third, Seager to second
J. Jung: Ball, Strike looking, Foul, Jung grounded out to second
Middle of the 6th (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)
Cubs
N. Eovaldi Pitching:
T. Barnhart: Strike looking, Barnhart singled to center
N. Hoerner: Strike looking, Foul, Ball, Hoerner singled to center, Barnhart to second
D. Swanson: Strike looking, Strike looking, Ball, Foul, Ball, Foul, Swanson grounded into double play third to second to first, Barnhart to third, Hoerner out at second
I. Happ: Ball, Ball, Happ doubled to deep center, Barnhart scored
Cole Ragans relieved Nathan Eovaldi
C. Bellinger: Ball, Foul, Ball, Ball, Strike looking, Strike swinging, Bellinger struck out swinging
End of the 6th (1 Run, 3 Hits, 0 Errors)
7TH INNING
Rangers
Mark Leiter relieved Marcus Stroman
R. Grossman: Strike looking, Ball, Grossman grounded out to second
M. Garver: Strike looking, Ball, Foul, Strike swinging, Garver struck out swinging
B. Miller: Foul, Foul, Ball, Ball, Foul, Miller lined out to pitcher
Middle of the 7th (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)
Cubs
C. Ragans Pitching:
T. Mancini: Strike swinging, Foul, Ball, Strike swinging, Mancini struck out swinging
P. Wisdom: Strike looking, Strike looking, Ball, Strike swinging, Wisdom struck out swinging
E. Hosmer: Strike looking, Ball, Foul, Ball, Ball, Foul, Foul, Ball, Hosmer walked
M. Mastrobuoni: Ball, Strike looking, Ball, Foul, Ball, Mastrobuoni singled to shallow left, Hosmer to second
T. Barnhart: Barnhart grounded out to second
End of the 7th (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors)
8TH INNING
Rangers
Michael Fulmer relieved Mark Leiter
J. Smith: Strike looking, Strike swinging, Ball, Strike looking, Smith struck out looking
M. Semien: Strike looking, Ball, Ball, Foul, Strike swinging, Semien struck out swinging
C. Seager: Ball, Ball, Foul, Seager doubled to deep left
N. Lowe: Strike looking, Foul, Ball, Ball, Foul, Strike looking, Lowe struck out looking
Middle of the 8th (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors)
Cubs
Ian Kennedy relieved Cole Ragans
N. Hoerner: Ball, Ball, Ball, Strike looking, Strike looking, Hoerner grounded out to third
D. Swanson: Ball, Swanson grounded out to shortstop
I. Happ: Strike looking, Ball, Strike swinging, Foul, Happ lined out to left
End of the 8th (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)
9TH INNING
Rangers
M. Fulmer Pitching:
A. Garcia: Ball, Strike swinging, Garcia fouled out to first
J. Jung: Jung grounded out to shortstop
R. Grossman: Strike looking, Ball, Ball, Strike looking, Strike swinging, Grossman struck out swinging
Middle of the 9th (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)

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