2022 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 31

I had to double check to see if my memory is accurate and I was right. This is the first appearance of Ildemaro Vargas as a Superhero. It’s well earned after Vargas keyed the Cubs’ third inning rally. After a the Cubs opened the inning with a double and a single, Vargas drove in the first two runs with a triple and then he scored via sacrifice fly. So Vargas accounted for all three of the runs. Vargas had been swinging a pretty hot bat at Iowa and so it’s good for him to carry that over to the big club.

Unfortunately, that was about all of the good for the Cubs on Friday night. Drew Smyly had also thrown two scoreless innings to start. But he gave all three runs right back in the bottom of…