Top Play (WPA): Miguel Montero has earned a reputation among Cubs fans—deservedly so—for his hard-nosed play, his Twitter glories, and his #OppoPop. The last of these was on fine display today, as he untied the game in the seventh inning with a blast to left field that barely made it into the basket (+.281). That brought the Cubs […]
Day: August 22, 2015
GAME 120 RECAP: CUBS 5 BRAVES 3
Top Play (WPA): The Cubs, having failed to plate the tying run in the fifth inning, came to bat in the sixth looking to even the score. You had to feel good about their chances, too, given that the near-lethal combination of Chris Coghlan, Anthony Rizzo, and Kris Bryant were all due up. Coghlan began […]