Wake Up and Watch the Cubs Clean the Dodgers’ Clock

After scoring just two runs total in three games against the Yankees at Wrigley Field, the Cubs went out to Los Angeles and scored five times that amount in a single🐲 game against the Dodgers. I guess the Dodgers musꦡt really stink!

In all seriousness, it’s more of what we’ve seen from this bizarre Cubs offense all year: extremely polarized performances. They have been shut out nearly as often as any other team in baseball, but they have also put up blowout-level nights nearly as often as any other team in baseball. The duality of man or something.

Big nights in particular for former Dodgers Cody Bellinger and Michael Busch, and conౠtributions up and down the lineup to turn a tigꦿht one into a blowout. Enjoy the win:

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