Last night was hands-down one of the most entertaining Cubs games I’ve ever seen.
With all the nerves building up to the matchup against the Pirates, the Cubs did exactly what they needed to do: Jump on Gerrit Cole early and have Jake Arrieta be on his game. Arrieta went the distance, not allowing a single run and giving up only four hits and striking out 11. The best part was that Arrieta didn’t even seem to have his best stuff.
He left some pitches up in the zone, and gave up some hard-hit balls. But the Cubs’ defense had his back.