The simCubs brought the lumber again Saturday in the park, and will be bringing their brooms to the ballpark today. The Nationals hardly knew what hit them as the Cubs batted around and then some in the seventh inning, pounding extra-base hits and deep flies in a nine-run uprising.
Tyler Chatwood pitched seven shutout innings and Dan Winkler took over and pitched two shutout frames of his own. Kris Bryant, Kyle Schwarber, David Bote, and Jason Heyward all connected for home runs, with KB’s homer in the sixth looking like the game-winner it turned out to be after a tense zero-to-zero affair.