Games like this are why I love baseball so much.
There are so many things that can happen in a baseball game, and we got just about anything you could think of. Good pitching and bad pitching on both sides. Good defensive plays. A couple of home runs into the howling north wind at Wrigley. And in the end, a sparkling defensive play by a guy not really touted for his defense nailed down the Cubs’ 9-7 win over the Dodgers on, yes, finally a sunny afternoon at Wrigley Field.
There’s a lot to unpack here, so let’s begin at the beginning.