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 […]
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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 97 Recap: Cubs 5, Cardinals 3
What You Need to Know While you were watching Game of Thrones, the Cubs reclaimed theirs, tying the Brewers at the top of the NL Central for the first time since May 26th. A pair of home runs bit José Quintana, but Willson Contreras and the offense picked him up. Next Level They had to […]
Game 96 Recap: Cubs 3, Cardinals 2
It seems like every year, at least every year the Cubs are good, and certainly every year that they’ve been better than the Cardinals (sadly not nearly enough), the Cards come to Wrigley and win a series in the middle of the summer that unnecessarily gets the meatball air-raid sirens going. You’ll recall last year […]
Game 95: Cardinals 11, Cubs 4
What you need to know: Early home runs from Willson Contreras and Randal Grichuk along with an RBI double from old friend Dexter Fowler had things knotted up through four and a half innings. That’s when Anthony Rizzo stepped to the plate and drove in a run to give the Cubs the lead. That is, until […]
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 […]
Game 93 Recap: Cubs 5 Braves 1
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 […]
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’ […]
Game 91 Recap: Cubs 8, Orioles 0
Remember when you felt this way all the time? Remember when your baseball team always made you feel that anything was possible and everything was good? You hadn’t forgotten. It wasn’t that long ago. But it certainly got a layer of dust on it this season, waiting to be brought out into the light again. […]
Game 90 Recap: Cubs 10, Orioles 3
What You Need to Know: The Cubs’ bats remained lively, continuing Friday night’s hitting barrage, and Jake Arrieta settled down after a rocky first to deliver the Cubs an impressive victory. Albert Almora and Addison Russell homered, and Jason Heyward added a bases-clearing triple to put the game out of reach in the middle innings. […]