Cubs defeated Reds 1-0 in the fastest nine-inning Major League Baseball game since 2010

Every now and then in baseball a common play comes along that is in some way, shape or form, indicative of its era. For example, imagine you were at a 1-0 game in 1911, or a 14-11 game in 2000.

On Friday, Chicago Cubs fans witnessed one such contest between the home team and the Cincinnati Reds at Wrigley Field.

The Cubs beat the Reds 1-0 in an hour and 48 minutes on Friday, the shortest nine-inning MLB game since the Detroit Tigers beat the now-Cleveland Guardians in Armando Galarraga's near-perfect game in 2010. According to MLB's Sarah Langs, this game only lasted 1:44.

Chicago scored five goals in the game while Cincinnati scored four goals; The teams only used four playing fields together. As Langs noted, it was the Cubs' fastest nine-inning game since 2001.

A big part of Wrigley Field's charm is that it aims to transport fans back in time, to a supposedly simpler era of baseball. On Friday, thanks to MLB's two-year-old pitch clock, that happened.