For a team that has had back-to-back 90-loss seasons like the Oakland Athletics, that had to be at least a little intimidating.
It seems even more intimidating knowing that the Cubs won 103 of their regular season games in 2016 and appear to be becoming a power to be reckoned with in coming years.
That’s not to say that the A’s looked or played poorly. They didn’t.
No errors were committed. They were able to put men on-base.
The Cubs put up a three-spot in the second inning on a pair of RBI by Matt Szczur and one by Jason Heyward off of Athletics’ starter Jesse Hahn.