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Stroman (1-0) was brilliant to begin his second
season as a Cub, allowing three of Milwaukee's four hits and
walking three on 90 pitches before giving way to three Chicago
relievers.
The right-hander's only real trouble came in the third inning,
after he became the first player in major league history to be
assessed a regular-season pitch clock violation. Stroman was
ahead in the count 1-2 on Milwaukee's Christian Yelich when he
was hit with the call; Yelich worked a walk, but Stroman got
Rowdy Tellez to ground into an inning-ending double play with
the bases loaded.
The Cubs did all their scoring in the bottom of the third off
Milwaukee ace Corbin Burnes (0-1), who yielded all four runs and
four hits while walking three and striking out just three --
after leading the NL with 243 punchouts last season.
Swanson, who signed a seven-year, $177 million deal after seven
seasons in Atlanta, made a splash in his Chicago debut and
recorded two of his hits off Burnes.
The Brewers got singles from Willy Adames, Brian Anderson, Brice
Turang and William Contreras. Milwaukee batters also struck out
12 times and stranded seven runners on base.
While Milwaukee went 0-for-3 with runners in scoring position
through the first three innings, the Cubs broke through in the
bottom of the third. Nico Hoerner delivered an opposite-field
single to right for Chicago's first hit off Burnes, which sent
Miles Mastrobuoni to third base. Then Swanson followed with his
first hit and RBI for the Cubs, while Hoerner also scored on the
play via Adames' throwing error to make it 2-0.
Chicago wasn't done, as fellow veteran newcomer Trey Mancini
singled home a run. Then Adames was late touching second base on
Yan Gomes' hopper up the middle, which allowed the Cubs' final
run of the frame.
The 10 total hits in the game were all singles.
--Field Level Media
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