What You Need to Know: The Cubs’ end of the battery, Jen-Ho Tseng was making his first start in the big leagues, and thus, the Cubs gave up some runs in early parts of the game. Thankfully, the offense did their job to overcome the deficit and complete the sweep of the empty shell of […]
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Game 144 Recap: Cubs 8, Mets 3
What You Need to Know: The Cubs welcomed what used to be the Mets to Wrigley Field for a three-game series. Visiting New York’s roster includes the shell of Jose Reyes, fringy big-league regulars Nori Aoki and Wilmer Flores, as well as some cyborgs made of healthy parts taken from fallen Mets players. The Cubs defeated […]
Game 140 Recap: Cubs 8, Pirates 2
What You Need to Know: The hardest blow for the Cubs came right before the game actually began, in the form of a sudden downpour, which caused a 50-minute delay of the start time. Another downpour came in the 9th, after the game was all but concluded, which they were forced to play wet and soaked. […]
Game 139 Recap: Cubs 1, Pirates 0
What You Need to Know: It wasn’t quite a slugfest at PNC Park Thursday night. Gerrit Cole and Jose Quintana traded zeros like a pair of Wall Street executives. For Quintana, it was the second-best start since joining the Cubs, in terms of game score (ver. 2). He recorded 68 over six scoreless innings. Cole, meanwhile, […]
Game 89 Recap: Cubs 9, O’s 8
What You Need to Know: The Cubs are 1-0 in the Jose Quintana era. The trade has worked out well, I guess. The Baby Bears attacked early tonight, scoring eight runs on four home runs against O’s starter Kevin Gausman. Gausman whad the worst start of his career to date in terms of Tom Tango’s version […]
Game 87 Recap: Pirates 4, Cubs 2
What You Need to Know: For the first three innings, the sides traded zeros. Then came the fourth inning, and they started trading some other integers. Pittsburgh one, thanks to a ground out. Cubs two, via back-to-back home runs. Then Pittsburgh came back with a three-run sixth. Then they went back to trading zeros for the […]
Game 80 Recap: Reds 5, Cubs 0
What You Need to Know: It was two days shy of the fourth anniversary of this once-famed trade. The Orioles have acquired RHP Scott Feldman & CA Steve Clevenger from the Cubs in exchange for RHPs Jake Arrieta & Pedro Strop. — Baltimore Orioles (@Orioles) July 2, 2013 The erstwhile Cub tossed seven stellar innings against his […]
Game 73 Recap: Marlins 2, Cubs 0
What You Need to Know: Well, it was a stinker. Well, at least it was a quick 2.5-hour contest. It’s better to die a quick, relatively painless death than to suffer for months, isn’t it? The Cubs failed to score against Jose Urena and three fellow Marlins relievers, scattering just six hits. Only one Cubs base […]
Game 70 Recap: Cubs 4, Padres 0
What You Need to Know: On June 30, 2015, as a member of the Mariners, Mike Montgomery held the Padres to just one hit over nine innings for his second consecutive complete-game shutout. One trade and World Series Ring later, two weeks shy of the second anniversary of the CGSHO, the lefty zeroed the Padres again […]
Game 67 Recap: Pirates 4, Cubs 3
What You Need To Know: Two nights in a row, the Cubs entered the top of the ninth inning trailing 4-3. Alas, they went down in order this time and failed to pull off the magic they did the night before. Well, you don’t score six runs in the ninth inning every night. Maybe that’s why […]