Pete Alonso did it again. He hit another home run off the Cubs, a two-run shot in the first inning off Jameson Taillon, and thoughts of “Here we go again” raised their ugly heads.
But these are better Cubs than you’ve seen in recent years, or even at times earlier this year. Taillon settled down and wound up throwing seven strong innings, allowing just those two runs and striking out seven (with no walks), and the Cubs pulled out a 3-2 win on the strength of home runs by Cody Bellinger and Mike Tauchman.
Truth be told, Alonso’s home run didn’t make it by much, just barely over the orange line that denotes the top of the wall at Citi Field.