I must say it at the front: what performance of Ben Brown. Good sauce. It is the dominant launcher that we saw before, and it was really refreshing to look at him there to mow the guys for six almost perfect sleeves with nine stick withdrawals.
This came, of course, after the opener Drew Pomeranz, so we are all going to go ahead and assume that this is the corrective for Brown. It’s probably a little more nuanced than that, but you know, start again next time. It worked. Repeat.
Cubs bats could not pierce before the 8th round, when Seiya Suzuki skied in the perfect place at the bottom of the line on the right. The right defender seemed to lose the ball in the sun, he fell, marking the first race of the Cubs. This also set up the second round of the Cubs, Kyle Tucker reaching third place, then marking on one inby Swanson Grounder (where he beat a completely routine game at the start – it was great).
So the sun is your Law d’Ankin “making him personal” game of the game. (Also Ben Brown, of course.)
