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 […]
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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 […]
GAME 58 RECAP: Marlins 6, CUBS 5
What You Need To Know: John Lackey struggled and gave up five runs on seven hits, including a pair of long balls. The silver lining is that he struck out six and walked none. The Marlins’ sixth, and what would eventually become game-deciding, run was scored on a bizarre strikeout-wild pitch during which no one other […]
GAME 49 RECAP: Padres 5, Cubs 2
What You Need To Know: For the 12th time since 1913, the Cubs lost a nine-inning game despite drawing 10 or more walks. For the fourth time since 1913, the Cubs failed to score more than two runs despite drawing double-digit walks in a nine-inning game. The last time the latter occurrence happened was five days before WWII […]
Game 133 Recap: Cubs 5 Giants 4
If it was an action movie, I can’t tell you it was a very good one. Some face-off and car chase in the first 15 minutes, but settled for the following 85 minutes. Then, in the final 10 minutes, after you consumed several bags of popcorn and all of your fingers got sticky, there’s finally some […]
GAME 129 RECAP: DODGERS 1 CUBS 0
There’s a last time for everything, so they say. On Sunday afternoon, the legendary Vin Scully called his final Cubs game in his 67-year career, even taking over the Cubs broadcast for the entire third inning. There’s a first time for everything, so they say. Dodgers starter Brock Stewart recorded his first big league hit […]