The Cubs brought out the long ball to even up this series.

DETROIT — The Detroit Tigers are a very good team this year, and they own the best record in MLB.

But you know what, the Chicago Cubs are also a very good team this year, and Saturday they showed why, getting an outstanding start from Jameson Taillon and pounding five home runs in a 6-1 defeat of the Tigers in Comerica Park.

Before I get to the highlights of this game, a bit of history from BCB’s JohnW53:

Here’s a statistic you won’t read anywhere else: the Cubs hit five home runs today among seven total hits. That is the fewest hits they have made in any of the 70 games since 1901 in which they homered five times. Their previous low was eight hits, in an 8-6 loss at home to the Padres on Aug. 10, 2004. They had nine hits and f

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