Mike Mulligan

The offensive surge that we have seen the last two nights continuing or Shota establishing himself as the Cubs ace this season.

It's so crafty the way that he operates, too.

Now, five different pitches.

You mentioned the 26 swing and misses, the whiff, more than any pitcher since Hugh Darvish in 2020.

Exactly.

He's got a deep toolbox.

Yes.

And then you look at 14 of those swing and misses where I'm the patented splitter, and that's his go-to pitch.

And you look at all the other things.

He now has 31 strikeouts this year, Mully, in four starts and only five walks.

That's incredible.

Getting it done, regaining the trust.

Yeah, but maybe the Cubs offense, if there is such a thing as momentum, can carry over into Friday.

Although I am not going to suggest that because I don't have to.

Craig Council was the guy that talked about it, strangely enough, oddly enough.

So we don't have to mention momentum because I got burned on that over the weekend thinking they were going to go into Philadelphia with a little momentum.

I will never say the M word ever again.

Now, I gave him the hmm, but I was really internally scoffing.

Because of last year.

I was using last year as a basis, the second half.