The Cubs hadn’t scored in 17 innings. Cubs pitching hadn’t been terrible beginning this game, but it was just shaky enough to give the Reds a 3-0 lead, which by the time the game reached the fifth inning seemed almost insurmountable.
And then, suddenly, the bats woke up and produced a five-run inning, matching the Cubs’ biggest of 2020. They put up three more runs later on and a Wrigley season-high 13 hits, on their way to a badly-needed 8-5 win over the Reds.
The game was delayed an hour and 15 minutes by a persistent, cool, fall-like rain, and it continued to rain lightly off and on for the first few innings.