Chase Anderson shuts down Cubs for best start of 2018

Andy Newberry, Wichita Published 11:13 a.m. CT June 13, 2018 | Updated 11:14 a.m. CT June 13, 2018

Chase Anderson of Wichita Falls had his best outing of the season in a 4-0 win over the Chicago Cubs Tuesday night.

Anderson, a right-handed starting pitcher for the Milwaukee Brewers, pitched seven innings, allowing one hit, two walks and no runs while striking out six. He had a mix with eight flyouts, seven groundouts and six whiffs in his 107-pitch outing. It was his first outing with more than 100 pitches.

Anderson received a GameScore of 79 by ESPN. His previous best outing was a 73 in his season debut against San Diego when he allowed one hit and three walks in six shutout innings.

The outing Tuesday brought Anderson’s season ERA down to 4.13 (his career is 3.90) and his WHIP to 1.17.

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Anderson had a 2.74 ERA and 1.09 WHIP in 25 starts (141.1 innings) in 2017.

Anderson is slated to get another home start Sunday against Philadelphia.

From 2017: Chase Anderson is on quite a roll

Former Bowie HS star gives Red Sox a lift

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Workman has four scoreless outings totaling 4 1/3 innings with two hits, one walk and five strikeouts. He had a 4.18 ERA in 28 innings at Pawtucket but that was skewed by one early rough outing. He'd settled down to earn his latest promotion. Workman was a member of the 2013 World Series champion Red Sox, winning six games in the regular season and pitching 8 2/3 innings of relief in the playoffs.