OSS: Cubs round out a winning road trip with an offensive asplosion.
Three up
1. The Cubs had runners on base every inning except the eighth, and while they struggled to get them in early on Chris Coghlan hit a no-doubter three run HR to break the game open in the third.
2. Montero put the game back out of reach with another three run homer after a mini-rally against Arrieta in the middle innings.
3. As much as I complain about Mike Baxter, he had a great game at the plate, with two hits and two walks in five PAs. His R+RBI on the day was three, so he doesn’t hold a candle to Coghlan and Montero’s numbers on the day. A man can dream, even if he looks as old as Mike Quade.
Three down
¯_(ツ)_/¯
This is the kind of hard hitting analysis you expect from OV.
Next game: Reds at Cubs – Michael Lorenzen vs Tsuyoshi Wada, 7:05 pm CT