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Game 133 Recap: Cubs 5, Braves 4

Let the record show that Mike Montgomery began tonight’s game by not hitting Ronald Acuña, Jr. in the elbow with his first pitch. Ordinarily, I wouldn’t nominate such a thing for Top Play of the game. But if we normalize Win Probability Added for “Absence of Douchebaggery” (measured by sabermetricians in “Anti-Ureñas”), we find that […]

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Game 38 Recap: Braves 6, Cubs 5

What You Need To Know: This one was scratchy all around. Jose Quintana treated his pitches like he was riding a bull and was fighting out of trouble for pretty much every out of his 4 2/3 innings. The Cubs hit two home runs, which is good. The Braves hit three home runs, which is bad. […]

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Game 133 Recap: Cubs 6, Braves 2

What You Need to Know: The Cubs struck early, putting together a parade of hits and walks and grounders that plated two runs in the first. Kyle Hendricks turned in a brilliant start after walking three in the first two innings, exiting with two outs in the seventh after surrendering his second run of the […]

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Game 94 Recap: Cubs 8 Braves 2

Hot Take: This road trip was better than the one to LA and San Diego. Yesterday’s game ended at 1:06 AM. That gave the Cubs just enough time to grab a couple hours’ sleep before heading out to the ballpark once again for a noon start. In other words, today’s game was the Kyle Farnsworth […]

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Game 92 Recap: Cubs 4, Braves 3

And exhale. The Cubs have only pulled off a win streak of four or more games three times this season: a four game streak in mid-April, a five game streak at the beginning of June, and now a new four gamer coming out of the All-Star Break. In their first game in the Atlanta Braves’ […]