Chicago Cubs: 1 incredible stat from combined no-hitter

The Chicago Cubs had a very big win over the Los Angeles Dodgers on Thursday night. They had a combined no-hitter to earn the victory. It was a very impressive pitching performance from Zach Davies, Ryan Tepera, Andrew Chafin, and Craig Kimbrel to not allow a single Dodger to have a hit. This is a loaded lineup with superstars like Mookie Betts, Cody Bellinger, and Max Muncy amongst others so seeing the Cubs dominate like that was impressive.

The Chicago Cubs had a very good pitching performance from their staff.

Zach Davies earned the win as the starter. They also defeated Walker Buehler who went into the game without a loss on the season. They did, as a team, allow eight walks which is a bit of a hit but that doesn’t matter. They didn’t allow one of the best batting lineups to have a single hit over nine innings which is incredibly fun.

There is one stat that sticks out from the night that is incredible. The Chicago Cubs threw their first combined no-no in franchise history but that isn’t the impressive stat. The impressive stat is that the Cubs are the first visiting team to ever throw multiple no-hitters at Dodger Stadium. That is a very tough building for opposing pitchers to throw in and the Cubs have two of these there.

Some people might not like combined no-hitters but they are at least a little impressive. They don’t happen often either so that adds to the hype around them. If you include the no-hitters from individual pitchers this season, this Cubs one was the seventh on the season. If you include the one that Madison Bumgarner threw for the Arizona Diamondbacks, it is the 8th of the season.

Zach Davies has to get most of the credit for this win. He went six of the nine innings and was very good. He has been up and down so far this season but the Cubs have to love seeing an outing like this from him. Every reliever that came in gave up exactly one walk but did their job otherwise. Seeing someone like Craig Kimbrel continue his success by dominating the 9th inning was very cool. If it had to be a combined no-hitter, this was the perfect quad for the job.

The Cubs now have three more games at Dodger Stadium this season. Los Angeles is now a loser of four straight so you have to imagine that they are angry with the way things are going. Seeing the Cubs no-hit them on their field has to be very annoying to them. Jake Arrieta is going to be on the mound for tonight’s game and he will face Tony Gonsolin.