The Cubs won the last two games in the Cardinals series with a solid performance from Jake Arrieta Tuesday night and a big offensive comeback Thursday afternoon. Actually, Lackey pitched a good game in the finale. He got behind early when Zobrist botched up a certain double play which would have got him out of the inning unscathed. After that he was sharp and on his game.
The Cubs finally broke through in the 7th against the Cardinals bullpen. That was a truly bizarre inning that began with Matt Szczur reaching base on a dropped third strike that stuck to Molina's chest protector. Jay walked and Schwarber blasted a three-run homer.
There is really something weird about the strikeout play. I don't think I have ever seen a ball actually adhere to a player's equipment before. Nobody is making much of a big deal about it, but I daresay there is something going on there. What could cause this other than a foreign substance? In any case, if the Cards were cheating, it came back to bite them.
All in all, the Cubs looked and played like champions in the series. There were a couple of double plays that should have been turned that cost them runs, and, of course, the hitting, as is usually the case in spring, was not always there, but, on the whole, they looked pretty good.
On to Milwaukee.
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