The Cubs have won — and lost — so many close games recently that I had almost forgotten how a blowout felt.
Feels pretty good, as it turns out, and I imagine the Cubs are pretty happy with the overall effort after an 11-3 crushing of the Pirates at a soggy Wrigley Field Tuesday evening.
Chicago native Jack Suwinski began the scoring for the Pirates with a two-out homer in the top of the first off Jameson Taillon. The ball seemed a bit wind-aided from the 18 mile per hour breeze blowing out to right.