What You Need To Know: This is what Cubs fans have been waiting for, or pining for, for a good portion of the season. An early pantsing of a starter who didn’t have it, everyone in the lineup looks dangerous, and then a cruise for seven-to-eight innings as you rack up yet another win. This is […]
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Game 154 Recap: Cubs 8, White Sox 3
What You Need To Know: If this game took place in July, you’d have probably left in the 6th or 7th to hang out on someone’s porch. Though the gap was technically close for most of the game, once the Cubs went up 5-2 in the 5th it never really felt in doubt. It just took […]
Game 37 Recap: White Sox 5, Cubs 3
A 5-1 showing against two of the league’s worst teams is almost expected, but the offensive explosion over these games has mostly quieted the early negative vibes around this Cubs team. They’re still waiting on a functional Yu Darvish to show up, but now with Anthony Rizzo and Willson Contreras hitting, things seem to be generally […]
Game 36 Recap: Cubs 8, White Sox 4
What You Need To Know: This game was weird. It felt like it was over early, then got tighter than it should have been late. The Cubs have decided they will now send nine hitters to the plate in every first inning, and they jumped on James Shields early. It’s a good thing they did, because after […]
Game 101 Recap: Cubs 6, White Sox 3
What you need to know: The Cubs seemed in control from start to finish, and it still felt . . . a little weird . . . considering how poorly the Cubs performed in the first half relative to expectations. Kyle Schwarber led the attack with two dingers and a triple that missed being a […]
Game 100 Recap: Cubs 8, White Sox 3
What you need to know: The Cubs jumped on James Shields for five runs relatively early in the game. Anthony Rizzo’s double in the 5th inning was the source of most of those runs, making the White Sox and manager Rick Renteria pay for allowing Shields to face just one more batter with the bags […]
Game 99: Cubs 7, White Sox 2
What you need to know: Despite striking out 11 times against White Sox starter Carlos Rodon, the Cubs had a stranglehold on the game from the first inning on. It was on a three-run homer in that inning from Willson Contreras that delivered the deciding runs, despite John Lackey trying his best to prevent that […]
Game 98 Recap: White Sox 3, Cubs 1
I don’t like making excuses for any baseball loss. The season is too long, there are too many games, and on any day a pitcher can jump up and bite you or any hitter just has a 4-for-4 day or whatever else. Still, a day game right after an emotional win barely 14 hours before […]
Game 101: Cubs 3 White Sox 1
In dropping both games on the Southside this week, the Cubs sentenced themselves to their first non-victorious series of the second half. Despite a brightened outlook of late, the blow seemed to recall the gloom of that pre-break slump. After a satisfying win in game three, the Cubs needed this one, too, not merely to […]
Game 99 Recap: White Sox 3 Cubs 0
In the course of a 162-game season, there are nights remembered for dynamic individual performance (three home runs, a no-hitter, etc.) and remarkable team efforts (a miraculous a late-inning comeback). These are the nights that we reflect upon for years, reminiscing about the feats that played out before us, and hanging to these brilliant moments that […]