Raise your hand if you thought “lol, Kris Bryant is sitting again, who is David Bote, lol we’ve got this” when you looked at the Cubs lineup before the game today.
If your hand is up, keep it up if you felt pretty silly when David Bote mashed his first career home run against Francisco Liriano.
It actually seemed as if home runs were the name of the game at Wrigley this fine 4th of July Wednesday. Nicholas Castellanos blasted one out in the first inning, and then John Hicks — whose wife was in attendance — got one in the third, to reclaim the lead after Bote’s solo shot in the second.