Cubs' Matt Swarmer Makes Wrong Kind of History Vs. Yankees – NBC Chicago

Wrong side of history: Swarmer sets dubious Cubs record originally appeared on NBC Sports Chicago NEW YORK — Cubs rookie Matt Swarmer made such a good impression on his bosses and teammates through two big-league starts that veteran Wade Miley affectionately put athletic tape over the kid’s would-be nameplate in the Cubs’ clubhouse and scrawled “Forrest Gump” across it. “I thought it was pretty funny,” Swarmer said. If every big-league start is like a opening a box of candy, No. 3 in the Bronx could probably best summed up as: Run, Forrest, run. One night after a sleep-deprived Yankees club returning late from a long trip outlasted the Cubs for a 2-1, 13-inning game, the powerful Yankees lineup woke up in a big way — clouting six home runs against the rookie in five innings Saturday night at Yankee Stadium on the way to an 8-0 blowout. That set a modern franchise record for most home runs allowed by a Cubs pitcher — the most since at least 1884, when Tom Lee allowed six against the Providence Grays. All were solo homers — only the second time in big-league history any pitcher has allowed solo homers (also Brooklyn’s Hollis “Sloppy”…
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