Marcus Stroman Did Something Yesterday That the Cubs Haven’t Seen in 32 Years

Brett Taylor

Apr 08, 2023

For the second straight start, his first two of the season, Marcus Stroman threw 6.0 scoreless innings for the Chicago Cubs. This time around, he didn’t have his best control initially, but he got through the first inning and then more or less cruised, netting six strikeouts (three walks, two hits) and eight groundouts. It was exactly what you want to see from Stroman – again.

There was also a little history in there for Stroman, thanks to his second-straight outstanding start to open the season. With consecutive 6.0+ inning scoreless starts to begin the season, Stroman became the first Cubs pitcher to pull that off since Mike Bielecki back in 1991.

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Brett Taylor

Brett Taylor is the Lead Cubs Writer at Bleacher Nation. You can find him on Twitter at @BleacherNation, on Bluesky at @Brett-Taylor, and on LinkedIn here. Brett is also the founder of Bleacher Nation, which opened up shop in 2008 as an independent blog about the Chicago Cubs. Later growing to incorporate coverage of other Chicago sports, Bleacher Nation is now one of the largest regional sports blogs on the web.

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