The Cubs open play Monday with a 60-51 record and a 1½-game lead in the N.L. Central.
That’s pretty good, but as you likely know, it could be better if not for the team’s inexplicable inability to win games away from Wrigley Field. Through Sunday they are 39-18 at home. That’s the second-best home record in the N.L. (Dodgers, 43-15) and fourth-best in MLB (Yankees, 43-18 and Astros, 41-15).
The other three teams noted there are running away with their divisions because they all have decent-to-good records away from their home parks.