CHICAGO (AP) – Joe Maddon loves what Ben Zobrist brings to the Chicago Cubs’ locker room.
“He’s this thing that spreads,” the manager said.
Maddon can’t complain about what Zobrist is doing on the field lately, either.
Zobrist homered for the third straight game, connecting twice Friday as the streaking Chicago Cubs defeated the Washington Nationals 8-6 for their fifth win in a row.
“Anytime you start feeling good at the plate, it makes the game a lot more fun, especially with a nice warm day and the wind blowing out,” Zobrist said. “I think probably a week ago both of those balls I hit would have been caught.”