Unlike Friday night, the Cubs were able to take advantage of the friendly hitting conditions at Wrigley Field on Saturday afternoon. Chicago exploded early against Boston starter James Paxton and coasted to an easy victory.
Paxton ran into big trouble in the 3rd inning, walking two batters and hitting another to load the bases with nobody out. A Nico Hoerner infield hit and a groundout from Seiya Suzuki put the Cubs ahead by two runs. Cody Bellinger then came up to bat with the bases loaded again and crushed a grand slam to right-center to put the home team up 6-0.