The Cubs defeated the Reds 1-0 Friday afternoon despite the Reds collecting seven hits to the Cubs three. David Bote‘s home run accounted for all the scoring.

This was the eighteenth 1-0 game of the season. Is that high? Since 1920, the most 1-0 games before June belongs to the 1968 season, when 28 were recorded. Eighteen would rank seventh, but we have the rest of the night and three more days in May to move up.