Mark Grote

When you've got only four hits in their entirety in a game out of a team that you expect to win, that's also an issue here.

the Cubs were 0 for 1 with runners in scoring position.

Let me juxtapose that real quick.

They were 4 for 19, which means they had 19 opportunities with runners in scoring position on opening day.

You remember like every inning they'd have people on and people doing things and they just couldn't quite push it home.

Then in the second game, they were 4 for 13 with runners in scoring position.

The fact they only had one opportunity with a runner in scoring position tells you how that game was going to go.

Home runs are nice, but...

Three of them.

But solo home runs are not the same as the one home run that obviously had two people on base.

If you were Joey Wimmer, I think we'll all be happy that Joey Wimmer's out of town.

Unfortunately, next guy up, Mike Trout, by the way.

Six for 13 with two bombs, and he looks like the old Mike Trout.

He's back!

Mike Trout is back.

I miss Mike Trout being really good and being... No, you don't.

Not this weekend.

Not this week, you don't.

I do.

I'm with you, though.