The offense didn’t do a whole lot, while Jon Lester and the pitching staff actually pitched a strong game. If not for some balls that fell in the right place for the Rockies in the 2nd inning, we may be talking about a narrow Cubs win.
As a whole, the offense worked good counts throughout the evening. Unfortunately, they didn’t make great contact on balls in play, which led to the defense recording easy outs. It felt like Nolan Arenado had a ball magnet attached to his glove because the ball went his way a lot. As you’d expect, he didn’t make any mistakes and made the difficult plays seem easy.