The Cubs came off their worst road trip in quite some time and faced a team that swept them last weekend.
No matter! Thanks to seven excellent innings from Justin Steele, a two-run homer by Ian Happ and a couple of other key hits, the Cubs defeated the Marlins 4-1 on a picture-perfect Friday afternoon at Wrigley Field. In so doing they returned to the .500 mark at 16-16 and dumped Miami under the break-even mark at 16-17.
Before I get to the highlights, I wanted to address some comments I heard about the 15 strikeouts Cubs batters had this afternoon.