The Cubs evened the series last night with a monster offensive output that saw them put up 20 runs with seven homers against the Reds. They may not have that kind of explosion in them tonight, but scoring early and often would be a good idea with Drew Smyly on the mound. This will be the lefty’s first start in over two weeks after he was preceded by an opener in each of his last two outings, only one of which was good.
Smyly held the Cardinals to one run on a solo homer, striking out six and walking one with two total hits allowed over 4.