The Cubs haven’t fooled around through two games in Sacramento, rolling out to a 2-0 series lead and getting back to .500 thanks to a series power display. Riding a small win streak back to Wrigley would set the stage for Friday’s home opener and keep the concerns over their early performance to little more than murmurs.
Jameson Taillon will need to be much better than he was in his first start against the Diamondbacks, in which he needed 80 pitches to get through 4.