Mark Grote

You're in the ballgame.

I have a much, much bigger problem with the Cubs' offense yesterday.

They managed four hits.

They walked twice.

Now, three of those four hits did leave the yard.

Alex Bregman, home runs number one and two as a Cub.

He went back-to-back with Ian Happ early to try to get it to come close.

But when you're facing a guy like Jake Irvin, and if you didn't know the book on Jake Irvin coming into the game...

Last year, he gave up 114 earned runs.

That's more than anybody in baseball.

Last year, he gave up 38 home runs.

That's more than anybody in baseball.

If you can't get it going against a guy like that and put up, I don't know, five, six runs, what are we really doing here?

You're right.

That's a great point, but I want to take it back to Shota Imanaga.

You said he settled down after the Joey Weamer three-run homer on a 2-1 count.

I disagree with you, Layla.

You know that we talked about this before the show.

I thought it was a very, very hittable pitch.

I thought it was wheelhouse stuff.