Pete Crow-Armstrong and the Cubs offense were a legitimate menace in Pittsburgh last night. Any time you start doing things that the organization hasn’t done in over 100 years is pretty impressive. Eight stolen bases in a game was definitely that. Then add in 18 runs? It was a long night for Pirates hurlers.
That ended up being a good thing, because this wasn’t a stellar performance by either Jameson Taillon who departed with two outs in the seventh, ultimately being charged with four earned runs, or the Cubs bullpen. Both Jack Neely and Ethan Roberts were charged with a pair of runs in an inning of work.