WELCOME to today’s episode of Cub Tracks news and notes™, a greatest-hits collection of Chicago-style beat writers and bloggers, ground from #Cubs, #MiLB, and #MLB baseball, overheated, steeped in writers’ tears, and then cold-brewed overnight for maximum flavor.
A pitchers’ duel, as expected. Justin Steele and rookie Paul Skenes traded zeroes. Skenes threw a LOT of pitches early, but Steele bent first as Connor Joe and then ONeil Cruz took him deep.