CHICAGO -- Tyler Chatwood really had something to talk about after his performance at Wrigley Field.
Chatwood kept showing progress in his return from a second Tommy John surgery, pitching seven sharp innings as the Colorado Rockies slowed the Chicago Cubs 2-0 Sunday.
Nolan Arenado backed Chatwood (2-1) with two home runs.
Chatwood gave up two hits, struck out seven and walked one. He missed all of 2015 and most of 2014 because of his elbow injury.
"Got to be up there after the last two years, but the biggest thing is we were able to win a series against a really good team," he said.
The Rockies took two of three for their first series win at Wrigley since 2011. The Cubs were trying to reach 10 wins in the first 12 games for the first time since 1969.
Chatwood, Miguel Castro and Jake McGee combined to hold the Cubs to three hits. Chicago had been averaging 6.45 runs per game, second in the majors.
"Chatwood was outstanding," manager Walt Weiss said. "To shut down that lineup, it's quite a feat."
The Cubs tried to come back in the ninth. Jason Heyward doubled with one out and Anthony Rizzo was hit by a pitch with two outs before McGee struck out Kris Bryant for his third save.
Chatwood threw 100 pitches in his third start since April 29, 2014.
"I feel good when I'm out there," he said. "I'm able to recover really well, which is big for me."
Arenado hit a two-out homer into the left-field basket off Jon Lester (1-1) in the fourth and a two-out drive off Justin Grimm in the ninth. He has six home runs this season and seven career multihomer games.
"Today, I was really focused on staying back and staying on my back leg and it worked out," he said.
The Rockies had four hits against Lester, who struck out 10 in 7 1/3 innings. He also led off the sixth with a double -- his first career extra-base hit -- to make him 5 for 100 at the plate.
"At the end of the day, I didn't execute one pitch and it ended up costing us," Lester said.
Chatwood retired the first 14 hitters, striking out six, until Jorge Soler drew a two-out walk in the fifth. Javier Baez followed with a single for the Cubs' first hit. David Ross grounded into a forceout to end the inning.
"I was able to locate my cutter, and fastball command was good to lefties," Chatwood said.
CARGO
Rockies star Carlos Gonzalez went 0 for 4, ending an 11-game hitting streak this season and a career-high 21-game hitting string dating to 2015.
ABOUT STORY
Weiss expressed little concern over rookie Trevor Story's recent struggles. Story leads the majors with seven home runs, but is 3 for 16 with 10 strikeouts in his last four games.
"I still think he's competing really well and he's still a dangerous bat at the top of our lineup," Weiss said.
TRAINER'S ROOM
Rockies: RHP Jon Gray (abdominal strain) is expected join the team in Cincinnati this week, when the team will likely decide whether he's ready to return to the rotation or make another rehab appearance. He made two rehab starts with High-A Modesto since going on the disabled list April 3.
UP NEXT
Rockies: RHP Jordan Lyles (0-1, 11.25 ERA) will start the series opener Monday at Cincinnati. He is 3-1 with a 5.77 ERA in his career against the Reds, who will pitch RHP Alfredo Simon (0-1, 12.15).
Cubs: RHP John Lackey (2-0, 5.68) takes the mound against his former team for the series opener Monday at St. Louis. Lackey, who is 11-4 with a 2.03 ERA at Busch Stadium, will pitch against RHP Mike Leake (0-1, 6.97).
Chatwood kept showing progress in his return from a second Tommy John surgery, pitching seven sharp innings as the Colorado Rockies slowed the Chicago Cubs 2-0 Sunday.
Nolan Arenado backed Chatwood (2-1) with two home runs.
Chatwood gave up two hits, struck out seven and walked one. He missed all of 2015 and most of 2014 because of his elbow injury.
"Got to be up there after the last two years, but the biggest thing is we were able to win a series against a really good team," he said.
The Rockies took two of three for their first series win at Wrigley since 2011. The Cubs were trying to reach 10 wins in the first 12 games for the first time since 1969.
Chatwood, Miguel Castro and Jake McGee combined to hold the Cubs to three hits. Chicago had been averaging 6.45 runs per game, second in the majors.
"Chatwood was outstanding," manager Walt Weiss said. "To shut down that lineup, it's quite a feat."
The Cubs tried to come back in the ninth. Jason Heyward doubled with one out and Anthony Rizzo was hit by a pitch with two outs before McGee struck out Kris Bryant for his third save.
Chatwood threw 100 pitches in his third start since April 29, 2014.
"I feel good when I'm out there," he said. "I'm able to recover really well, which is big for me."
Arenado hit a two-out homer into the left-field basket off Jon Lester (1-1) in the fourth and a two-out drive off Justin Grimm in the ninth. He has six home runs this season and seven career multihomer games.
"Today, I was really focused on staying back and staying on my back leg and it worked out," he said.
The Rockies had four hits against Lester, who struck out 10 in 7 1/3 innings. He also led off the sixth with a double -- his first career extra-base hit -- to make him 5 for 100 at the plate.
"At the end of the day, I didn't execute one pitch and it ended up costing us," Lester said.
Chatwood retired the first 14 hitters, striking out six, until Jorge Soler drew a two-out walk in the fifth. Javier Baez followed with a single for the Cubs' first hit. David Ross grounded into a forceout to end the inning.
"I was able to locate my cutter, and fastball command was good to lefties," Chatwood said.
CARGO
Rockies star Carlos Gonzalez went 0 for 4, ending an 11-game hitting streak this season and a career-high 21-game hitting string dating to 2015.
ABOUT STORY
Weiss expressed little concern over rookie Trevor Story's recent struggles. Story leads the majors with seven home runs, but is 3 for 16 with 10 strikeouts in his last four games.
"I still think he's competing really well and he's still a dangerous bat at the top of our lineup," Weiss said.
TRAINER'S ROOM
Rockies: RHP Jon Gray (abdominal strain) is expected join the team in Cincinnati this week, when the team will likely decide whether he's ready to return to the rotation or make another rehab appearance. He made two rehab starts with High-A Modesto since going on the disabled list April 3.
UP NEXT
Rockies: RHP Jordan Lyles (0-1, 11.25 ERA) will start the series opener Monday at Cincinnati. He is 3-1 with a 5.77 ERA in his career against the Reds, who will pitch RHP Alfredo Simon (0-1, 12.15).
Cubs: RHP John Lackey (2-0, 5.68) takes the mound against his former team for the series opener Monday at St. Louis. Lackey, who is 11-4 with a 2.03 ERA at Busch Stadium, will pitch against RHP Mike Leake (0-1, 6.97).
| View: Play-By-Play | Pitch-By-Pitch | Inning: All | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
| Colorado - Top of 1st | SCORE | |
|---|---|---|
| Jon Lester pitching for Chicago | COL | CHC |
| LeMahieu struck out swinging. | 0 | 0 |
| Story singled to left. | 0 | 0 |
| Story caught stealing second, catcher to shortstop. | 0 | 0 |
| González grounded out to shortstop. | 0 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Chicago - Bottom of 1st | SCORE | |
| Tyler Chatwood pitching for Colorado | COL | CHC |
| Fowler grounded out to third. | 0 | 0 |
| Heyward struck out swinging. | 0 | 0 |
| Zobrist lined out to left. | 0 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Colorado - Top of 2nd | SCORE | |
| Jon Lester pitching for Chicago | COL | CHC |
| Arenado lined out to center. | 0 | 0 |
| Parra struck out swinging, Parra safe at first on missed catch error by first baseman Rizzo. | 0 | 0 |
| Reynolds struck out swinging. | 0 | 0 |
| Parra caught stealing second, catcher to second. | 0 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 1 Errors | ||
| Chicago - Bottom of 2nd | SCORE | |
| Tyler Chatwood pitching for Colorado | COL | CHC |
| Rizzo flied out to center. | 0 | 0 |
| Bryant popped out to first. | 0 | 0 |
| Soler grounded out to pitcher. | 0 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Colorado - Top of 3rd | SCORE | |
| Jon Lester pitching for Chicago | COL | CHC |
| Barnes flied out to left. | 0 | 0 |
| Wolters singled to right. | 0 | 0 |
| Chatwood singled to left, Wolters to second. | 0 | 0 |
| LeMahieu grounded into double play, shortstop to first, Chatwood out at second. | 0 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Chicago - Bottom of 3rd | SCORE | |
| Tyler Chatwood pitching for Colorado | COL | CHC |
| Báez struck out swinging. | 0 | 0 |
| Ross struck out looking. | 0 | 0 |
| Lester struck out looking. | 0 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Colorado - Top of 4th | SCORE | |
| Jon Lester pitching for Chicago | COL | CHC |
| Story struck out swinging. | 0 | 0 |
| González struck out swinging. | 0 | 0 |
| Arenado homered to left (364 feet). | 1 | 0 |
| Parra grounded out to first. | 1 | 0 |
| 1 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Chicago - Bottom of 4th | SCORE | |
| Tyler Chatwood pitching for Colorado | COL | CHC |
| Fowler struck out looking. | 1 | 0 |
| Heyward grounded out to pitcher. | 1 | 0 |
| Zobrist flied out to left. | 1 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Colorado - Top of 5th | SCORE | |
| Jon Lester pitching for Chicago | COL | CHC |
| Reynolds grounded out to third. | 1 | 0 |
| Barnes struck out looking. | 1 | 0 |
| Wolters bunt popped out to pitcher. | 1 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Chicago - Bottom of 5th | SCORE | |
| Tyler Chatwood pitching for Colorado | COL | CHC |
| Rizzo flied out to right. | 1 | 0 |
| Bryant struck out swinging. | 1 | 0 |
| Soler walked. | 1 | 0 |
| Báez singled to left, Soler to second. | 1 | 0 |
| Ross grounded into fielder's choice to shortstop, Báez out at second. | 1 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Colorado - Top of 6th | SCORE | |
| Jon Lester pitching for Chicago | COL | CHC |
| Chatwood struck out swinging. | 1 | 0 |
| LeMahieu struck out looking. | 1 | 0 |
| Story walked. | 1 | 0 |
| Story stole second. | 1 | 0 |
| González lined out to shortstop. | 1 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Chicago - Bottom of 6th | SCORE | |
| Tyler Chatwood pitching for Colorado | COL | CHC |
| Lester doubled to deep right center. | 1 | 0 |
| Fowler flied out to left. | 1 | 0 |
| Heyward struck out swinging. | 1 | 0 |
| Zobrist flied out to center. | 1 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Colorado - Top of 7th | SCORE | |
| Jon Lester pitching for Chicago | COL | CHC |
| Arenado lined out to second. | 1 | 0 |
| Parra struck out bunting foul. | 1 | 0 |
| Reynolds struck out swinging. | 1 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Chicago - Bottom of 7th | SCORE | |
| Tyler Chatwood pitching for Colorado | COL | CHC |
| Rizzo popped out to second. | 1 | 0 |
| Bryant grounded out to third. | 1 | 0 |
| Soler lined out to center. | 1 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Colorado - Top of 8th | SCORE | |
| Jon Lester pitching for Chicago | COL | CHC |
| Barnes bunt grounded out to pitcher. | 1 | 0 |
| Wolters walked. | 1 | 0 |
| Raburn hit for Chatwood. | 1 | 0 |
| Warren relieved Lester. | 1 | 0 |
| Raburn grounded out to third, Wolters to second. | 1 | 0 |
| LeMahieu struck out swinging. | 1 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Chicago - Bottom of 8th | SCORE | |
| Miguel Castro pitching for Colorado | COL | CHC |
| Castro relieved Chatwood. | 1 | 0 |
| Báez grounded out to second. | 1 | 0 |
| Montero hit for Ross. | 1 | 0 |
| Montero struck out swinging. | 1 | 0 |
| La Stella hit for Warren. | 1 | 0 |
| La Stella grounded out to first. | 1 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Colorado - Top of 9th | SCORE | |
| Justin Grimm pitching for Chicago | COL | CHC |
| Montero catching. | 1 | 0 |
| Grimm relieved Warren. | 1 | 0 |
| Story struck out swinging. | 1 | 0 |
| González struck out swinging. | 1 | 0 |
| Arenado homered to left center (393 feet). | 2 | 0 |
| Parra struck out swinging. | 2 | 0 |
| 1 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Chicago - Bottom of 9th | SCORE | |
| Jake McGee pitching for Colorado | COL | CHC |
| McGee relieved Castro. | 2 | 0 |
| Fowler grounded out to shortstop. | 2 | 0 |
| Heyward doubled to right. | 2 | 0 |
| Zobrist flied out to left. | 2 | 0 |
| Rizzo hit by pitch. | 2 | 0 |
| Szczur ran for Rizzo. | 2 | 0 |
| Bryant struck out swinging. | 2 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Colorado Rockies | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hitters | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | #P | AVG | OBP | SLG |
| LeMahieu 2B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 16 | .341 | .400 | .585 |
| Story SS | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 18 | .294 | .327 | .804 |
| González RF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 23 | .367 | .415 | .714 |
| Arenado 3B | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 14 | .280 | .321 | .700 |
| Parra LF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 15 | .273 | .289 | .455 |
| Reynolds 1B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 | .250 | .323 | .357 |
| Barnes CF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | .267 | .353 | .333 |
| Wolters C | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 | .357 | .471 | .357 |
| Chatwood P | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | .167 | .167 | .167 |
a-Raburn PH
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | .333 | .353 | .733 |
Castro P
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
McGee P
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| Totals | 30 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 129 | |||
| a-grounded to third for T Chatwood in the 8th | ||||||||||
| BATTING HR: Arenado 2 (6, 4th inning off Lester 0 on, 2 Out; 9th inning off Grimm 0 on, 2 Out) RBI: Arenado 2 (16) 2-out RBI: Arenado 2 GIDP: LeMahieu Rockies RISP: 0-3 (LeMahieu 0-2, González 0-1) Team LOB: 3 | ||||||||||
| BASERUNNING SB: Story (1, 2nd base off Lester/Ross) CS: Story (1, 2nd base by Lester/Ross); Parra (1, 2nd base by Lester/Ross) | ||||||||||
Game Information
| Stadium | Wrigley Field, Chicago, IL |
| Attendance | 41,678 (101.8% full) - % is based on regular season capacity |
| Game Time | 2:38 |
| Weather | 58 degrees, sunny |
| Wind | 7 mph |
| Umpires | Home Plate - Vic Carapazza, First Base - Clint Fagan, Second Base - Marvin Hudson, Third Base - Bill Welke |
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