Cubs 5, Giants 2: At last, strong pitching and timely hitting in the same game

Photo by Nuccio DiNuzzo/Getty ImagesWatching the Giants’ bullpen implode in the eighth inning Tuesday evening at Wrigley Field as the Cubs put together a game-winning rally, I couldn’t help but think: This is what it looks like from the other side.

It was great to see the Cubs bat around and score three in that inning and hold on for a 5-2 win over the Giants. Before I get to the details, I dusted this off because it hasn’t been used for quite some time:

There’s lots of good stuff from this win so let’s get to it.

The first inning of this game looked, unfortunately, depressingly like the first inning of many recent Cubs games: Good pitching from the Cubs starter (this time Justin Steele), a…