What You Need To Know: With last night’s win, the Cubs have a five game win streak and have also won seven of their last ten games. While each game is a “MUST WIN” game, with August approaching and the club still 2.5 games behind the Brewers, each game lost further dampens the hopes of a […]
Author: Xavier Alatorre
Game 52 Recap: Padres 2, Cubs 1
What You Need To Know: Today’s mid-afternoon game was held at a 1-1 tie from the second inning until the bottom of the eighth. Jake Arrieta kept the Padres at bay, allowing five hits and one run. He also struck out seven over two walks. The Cubs were only able to muster three hits and one run. […]
Game 47 Recap: Dodgers 5 Cubs 0
What You Need To Know: My first post on this site was the Game 8 Recap when the Dodgers faced the Cubs at Wrigley Field. It was easy to be objective as a Dodgers fan writing about the Cubs given the nascency of the season. However, almost forty games later, I am torn. Watching the Dodgers dominate […]
Game 45 Recap: Cubs 5, Giants 4
What You Need To Know: The Cubs continued their series against the Giants tonight. Kyle Hendricks took the mound for Chicago while San Francisco sent Matt Moore to the rubber. Every win is a “needed win,” but tonight’s puts the Cubs within striking distance of first place, as cliches go. Hendricks was shaky through the first […]
Willson Contreras’ Improved Framing
It is a dubious task to console the fans of a team that is sitting just a game above .500. Granted, being at 20-19 in the NL Central is not the worst position for the Cubs, as they are only 2.5 games behind the first place St. Louis Cardinals. Also, it is the middle of May […]
Game 34 Recap: Rockies 3, Cubs 0
What You Need To You Know: Coors Field is a hellmouth and you should be glad this series is over. That is all you need to know. The Rockies had German Márquez face off against Kyle Hendricks. With the exception of rough fourth and seventh innings, Hendricks was effective against Colorado. In 6.1 innings pitched, Hendricks threw 92 […]
Game 33 Recap: Cubs 8, Rockies 1
What You Need To Know: My baseball playing days ended many years ago. But when I was a kid, I loved doubleheaders. I’m sure if I were a professional athlete playing a double header on the road—which, for the Cubs, followed an eighteen inning marathon against the Yankees—my opinion would be different. The Cubs dropped the […]
Game 29 Recap: Yankees 3, Cubs 2
What You Need To Know: It’s the first week of May, but the opener for this series could easily be a preview for a World Series matchup. The Cubs are the reigning champs from last year and the Yankees are off to a red-hot start this season and boasts the second highest run differential (+45) in […]
Game 21 Recap: Pirates 6, Cubs 5
What You Need To Know: This was an ugly game for both the Pirates and Cubs. Then it was an ugly game for the Cubs. It then became a very “meh” game for Cubs fans. We probably should have spent our time watching the Bulls. (Editor’s Note: Nope.) The Cubs had Jon Lester toeing the mound […]
Game 15 Recap: Cubs 7 Brewers 4
What You Need To Know: This thing you Chicagoans call … rain? … delayed today’s game. Rather than a 1:20 start time, the game was finally underway around 2:15 PM. The Cubs faced the Brewers and sit a half-game behind Milwaukee in the NL Central. Chicago sent Kyle Hendricks to face Tommy Milone. Making his third […]