Wow, things feel a lot better after a win, huh? Thanks to some homer heroics from Javy Baez, the Cubs were able to jump all over the Dodgers to take the second game in their late-night series and snap losing streaks of five games overall and eight in LA.
After going 4-for-5 with 5 RBI on a single, double, and two homers, Javy is up to 56 RBI on the season. That’s two shy of the NL lead and one shy of Ryne Sandberg’s team record for pre-break RBI by a middle infielder, set in 1990. Even though Javy was playing third base, I think we’ll let the numbers count.