May a kind month for Zobrist

CHICAGO — Cubs second baseman Ben Zobrist may not want to turn the calendar to June.

Zobrist led the National League with a .496 on-base percentage in May and was second in batting average, at .418. Teammate Dexter Fowler led the NL with a .474 OBP in April, and Zobrist had a slash line of .260/.396/.356 in the season’s first month.

“He’s definitely enjoying the moment right now,” manager Joe Maddon said of Zobrist on Tuesday. “The biggest difference I’m seeing is that he’s able to cover a variety of pitches offensively and he’s using the whole field more consistently, and he’s doing it from both sides of the plate.”

“In the past he’d have one side going over the other, and in the past he’d only be covering certain pitches and …

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