Cubs pitcher Pedro Strop earned his first win of the year Tuesday after tossing a 1-2-3 eighth inning in his team's 2-1 win over the Red Sox.
Strop (1-3) needed just nine pitches to retire the Red Sox in order before his offense came through with the go-ahead run in the top of the ninth inning. He's strung together 11 scoreless outings to lower his ERA to 2.93 to go along with a 30:!5 K:BB ratio in 27 2/3 innings.