Layla Rahimi

Cubs win 7-2 over the Phillies.

They can make it nine.

Your son was absent nine times.

They can make it nine in a row today with another win.

It was, dare I say, even though Matthew Boyd only gave us four and a third, dare I say, or four and two thirds, dare I say it was a complete win because Matthew Boyd gave us as much as he could coming back from the injured list.

Then Ben Brown goes out there, goes two and a third, only gives up three hits.

He gets the win and the Cubs provide offense up and down the lineup.

Seven runs scored, 13 hits.

Who are these guys?

Nico Homer to you?

Yeah, absolutely.

Well, and it was also an eye test passer, too.

You know, when you're watching the game, you see the confidence on the mound, like from Ben Brown when he ended the inning and his appearance right after Boyd.

And I guess that's the thing now.

I guess it's Boyd-Brown, and that seems to be a combination that has been working.

But he seems to be getting more confident in his put-away pitches as well in his arsenal.

So that was great to see.

But there were also productive outs.

As sexy as the power is.

You know, Alex Bregman with that triple.