I’m going to be the glass-half-full guy and say the Cubs had a successful homestand, winning seven of the nine games.
Yes, the 5-1 loss to the Padres left a sour taste in everyone’s mouth on Sunday afternoon, but I’m going to look at it this way: The Cubs came out of the break with a half-game lead in the N.L. Central, and they improved on that, probably, by two games over the course of the last nine. That’s a good homestand’s worth of work, I think.
Now, let’s get to the good part of this game, which was an outstanding start from Kyle Hendricks.