Seventeen games into what has not started out as a good season for the Chicago Cubs, we saw a glimpse of the offensive prowess this team can produce, helped along by some bad pitching and questionable defense by the New York Mets.
The Cubs smashed the Mets 16-4 on yet another frigid night at Wrigley Field and the offense was varied enough that the North Siders scored their first 10 runs without hitting a home run.
Things didn’t start out that way. Francisco Lindor hit Zach Davies’ sixth pitch of the game into the right-field bleachers for a 1-0 Mets lead.