It’s safe to say that if the Cubs offense had hit like this in May and June, they’d be solidly in a postseason berth right now.
The Cubs defeated the Pirates 9-5 Tuesday evening, and though they are just 5-4 against the Bucs this year, they’ve outscored them 58-46.
Let’s begin at the beginning. It started out as one of those games where you think, “Uh-oh.” Ian Happ led off the game with a double, but got doubled off second. Not his fault, that was one of those “nothing you can do about it” plays.