What You Need To Know: There’s a reason people call it a game of inches, and it’s not totally lack of creativity. Jose Quintana made two mistakes, and Willson Contreras’s drive in the 5th missed tying the game by no more than a couple feet. Add it up along with Luis Castillo’s damn fine Kyle-Hendricks-Hopped-Up-Goofballs impression, […]
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GAME 87 RECAP: CUBS 6, REDS 5
What You Need To Know: Here’s how you know the Cubs are going to win: at some point early in the game, they’re losing. That’s it. In eight of the Cubs last nine games, they were losing, then come back to win. (Yes, there was one they were losing and then lost, but that’s clearly […]
Game 75 Recap: Reds 8, Cubs 6
What You Need to Know: After Sal Romano and Mike Montgomery spent four innings looking like dueling Cy-Young candidates, the Cubs remembered that, despite weekend evidence to the contrary, they did indeed know how to play baseball. They blew up Romano’s leisurely Sunday afternoon to the tune of five (two-out!) runs in the fifth courtesy […]
Game 73 Recap: Reds 6, Cubs 3
What You Need to Know: Jose Quintana took the hill in Great American Ball Park, trying to build on his recent stretch of success. And in the early going, that’s what he did. Apart from a Billy Hamilton line drive in the second, which scored Curt Casali, Quintana was looking sharp through four frames, racking up […]
Game 72 Recap: Reds 6, Cubs 2
Technically, it’s impossible to lose a game if the bottom of the sixth inning never ends. There was a Luke Bryan concert in Cincinnati over the weekend. And based on the condition of the outfield, Bryan has apparently ditched country music in favor of a three hour long cover of “Reign of Blood.” Then the […]
Game 44 Recap: Cubs 6, Reds 1
What You Need To Know: In the first inning, Yu Darvish threw 39 pitches all over the place, and it looked like it was going to be a long day in every sense except for his innings pitched. But then, he actually settled down! (*Extreme Al Michaels voice*) Do you believe in miracles?! YES! After escaping […]
Game 162 Recap: Reds 3, Cubs 1
If you feel like it was just yesterday that the Cubs took the field at Busch Stadium to kick off the 2017 season as defending World Champions, you are not alone. The 2017 Chicago Cubs’ regular season absolutely flew by, and today, we find ourselves at game 162. The NL Central Champion Cubs dropped the […]
Game 160 Recap: Cubs 5, Reds 4
What You Need To Know: Jose Quintana was as good as can be for four innings. Then he wasn’t. The offense wasn’t good enough for seven innings. Then it was. Pretty much everything else doesn’t really matter. Rondon got a nice inning in. Duensing got an inning of work. Schwarber could have had a better day. […]
Game 126 Recap: Reds 4, Cubs 2
What You Need to Know: Good Jake Arrieta showed up once again, falling just one out short of tallying an eighth consecutive quality start, but the righty struck out eight and allowed only a run over 5 ⅔ innings. An early solo shot by Ian Happ and a timely Javier Baez single put the Cubs […]
Game 125 Recap: Cubs 9, Reds 3
What You Need to Know The Cubs jumped out early and never looked back. Mike Montgomery threw six shutout innings, Anthony Rizzo stayed hot, and Javier Baez fulfilled his one-amazing-play-a-game quota. Next Level The outcome of this game should not have been surprising. Of course, the Cubs demolished the Reds in a late August game. […]