This Cubs team is coming together offensively and pitching-wise exactly at the right time, as they get closer to clinching another N.L. Central title and preparing for October baseball.
Kyle Hendricks had his sixth straight outing allowing two runs or fewer and the Cubs blasted Carlos Rodon for nine hits in the first three innings on their way to a 6-1 win over the White Sox, taking the series and reducing their division-clinching magic number to five (and three over the Cardinals). The Cubs also returned to a season-high 27 games over .