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No support results in no-decision for Arrieta
- Updated: June 1, 2016
CHICAGO — What does it take to beat Jake Arrieta? Shut down the Cubs’ offense.
On Tuesday night the Dodgers ended a streak of 23 regular-season wins by the Cubs in games Arrieta started, posting a 5-0 victory at Wrigley Field. The last time the Cubs lost when he started was on July 25, 2015, when the Phillies’ Cole Hamels threw a no-hitter at Wrigley.
“Jake was really good and had really good command,” manager Joe Maddon said of the reigning National League Cy Young winner, who gave up two hits and walked four over seven scoreless innings and did not get a decision. “He had great movement [on his pitches]. He had a tremendous night. It’s unfortunate we couldn’t get a run. It took a no-hitter and a one-hitter to beat Jake.”
The lack of offense was unusual, as Arrieta began the night with a Major League-best run-support average of 9.53 per game.
“We’ve gotten used to winning when he pitches, but it’s not going to last forever,” Maddon said. “That’s the nature of the game. He pitched well enough for us to win tonight, but their pitcher [Scott Kazmir] was really good, too. We one-hitted them last night, …
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