What started out as “Here we go again” quickly became “Here we f*$&ing go!” as the Cubs turned an 0-4 deficit after half an inning into a 10-4 lead after three innings. The wild ride concluded at 17-8, with both teams just playing out the string over the final four innings, but that’s what you get when a team scores two touchdowns and a field goal early.
To call it a statement game may be somewhat troublesome from a semantic standpoint, kind of like when Kris Bryant shared Anthony Rizzo’s proclamation about their August 22 comeback being a “season-defining win.