This Cubs team is starting to do really special things.
Seriously, the Cubs had no business winning Friday’s game, not after Matthew Boyd had a rare bad outing, not after Julian Merryweather had another lousy relief appearance, not after they went into the seventh inning trailing by four.
And yet, none of that mattered. Pete Crow-Armstrong homered twice, including a grand slam, giving him his first six-RBI game since... last Friday. The Cubs put 11 on the board in the last three innings and cruised to a 13-6 win over the Reds.
Let’s begin at the beginning, which wasn’t very good.