5 Cubs, led by Wood, combine for 1-hit shutout

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CHICAGO — Five Chicago Cubs pitchers combined for a one-hit, 2-0 shutout of the Los Angeles Dodgers on Monday afternoon as their bullpen, led by Travis Wood’s four perfect innings, retired the final 21 batters after starter Jason Hammel left the game with cramping in his right leg.

Overall, the Cubs retired the final 25 batters of the game for the first time since 1960, when Don Cardwell gave up a hit and then retired 26 in a row, according to the Elias Sports Bureau.

“[Wood] was so pitch efficient he allowed us to do what we did,” manager Joe Maddon said after the game. “He was spectacular. I believe what he did set it up for the rest of the bullpen. The rest of the guys really were kind of efficient after seeing Travis go out and do it. They were all really efficient, but Travis set the tone for the whole day.”

Travis Wood went from the couch in the clubhouse to the mound when Jason Hammel went down, then threw an efficient 43 pitches — 35 for strikes — in four perfect innings. David Banks/USA Today Sports

Wood threw 43 pitches — 35 for strikes — having come in cold in the third inning after Hammel went down to the ground during his warm-up pitches. In fact, Wood was on the couch in the clubhouse when he saw Hammel was in trouble.

“I ran out and I heard [Trevor] Cahill, so I ran back in …

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