Something had to give in a battle of teams limping to the finish line despite having secured playoff bids. Give it did, as the Cubs took advantage of numerous early mistakes from Dylan Cease to bomb their way to a 10-0 win. Coupled with a Cardinals loss, this puts the Cubs’ magic number for the Central at just one.
In addition to the three bombs they hit aganst Cease, the Cubs tacked on five more runs and two more longballs against Sox relievers. continued his Cy Young-caliber run. Yu Darvish threw seven more solid innings, giving up no runs and extending his record to 8-3 with a 2.