Through the first third of the ballgame, the Mariners offense looked quite listless. They could only muster one hit and one stolen base -both of which were produced by Taylor Motter- and the team had been struck out four times.
As the Cubs began to slowly pile on runs through the middle innings, the game seemed all but lost even with a few frames remaining in the contest.
The Cubs offense had piled on 10 runs from the 5th-7th innings and did so with a bang. All of their runs were driven in by extra-base hits (one triple, two doubles, and three home runs).