The Chicago Cubs have featured one of the best offenses in Major League Baseball during the first month of the 2025 season, among the league's top two teams in batting average, on-base percentage, OPS, hits and runs scored.
Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher Paul Skenes likely won't disagree with that after facing the Cubs' formidable lineup on Thursday.
Skenes managed to get through the first four innings without allowing any runs and only one base hit despite the Cubs hitting several balls hard off him and drawing four walks. However, that changed drastically in the fifth inning.