What You Need To Know: Basically, Jon Lester didn’t have it, couldn’t find it, and then it got worse. It started with a homer in the first, then paper cuts in the second, and then farce in the fifth. It was yet another outing for Lester that has Cubs fans, and possibly Cubs management, tugging their […]
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Game 150 Recap: Cubs 2, Rays 1
A trio of Tampa Bay Rays alums shined in the Chicago Cubs’ Tuesday night 2-1 victory at Tropicana Field in Florida. Former Rays’ farmhand Mike Montgomery excelled in his start, going six extremely strong innings and only allowing one hit. Former Rays’ pitcher Wade Davis looked brilliant striking out the side in the bottom of […]
Game 149 Recap: Cubs 4, Cardinals 3
What You Need To Know: It shaped up as the same formula for so many infuriating Cubs losses this season. It was only a couple things falling short of where you’d want them, but just enough to break your heart. Jose Quintana was really good through five, but then made one bad pitch to almost undo […]
Game 148 Recap: Cubs 4, Cardinals 1
What You Need To Know: It was almost a carbon-copy of yesterday, minus the Cubs’ battery angry-ing up the blood in the middle of the affair. The Cubs’ pitching kept the Cardinals’ batters under wraps, and while the Cubs offense looked pretty helpless first time through against Michael Wacha, just as they did against Carlos Martinez, […]
Game 147 Recap: Cubs 8, Cardinals 2
What You Need To Know: This game was shaping up to be yet another frustrating affair, as Carlos Martinez dominated the Cubs and Tommy Pham hit a solo home run in the first to give them the lead through the first 3.5 innings. Then, Lackey and Contreras got ejected in the 5th after allowing the […]
Game 146 Recap: Cubs 14, Mets 6
What You Need to Know: The Cubs’ end of the battery, Jen-Ho Tseng was making his first start in the big leagues, and thus, the Cubs gave up some runs in early parts of the game. Thankfully, the offense did their job to overcome the deficit and complete the sweep of the empty shell of […]
Game 145 Recap: Cubs 17, Mets 5
That was a slog. But…the good kind? It was the kind of night where announcers fill time by saying things like, “Well, that wasn’t an oil painting but it got the job done.” This one was about four years of Bob Ross videos away from being Dogs Playing Poker. At 7:05 pm tonight, Kerwin Danley […]
Game 144 Recap: Cubs 8, Mets 3
What You Need to Know: The Cubs welcomed what used to be the Mets to Wrigley Field for a three-game series. Visiting New York’s roster includes the shell of Jose Reyes, fringy big-league regulars Nori Aoki and Wilmer Flores, as well as some cyborgs made of healthy parts taken from fallen Mets players. The Cubs defeated […]
Game 143 Recap: Brewers 3, Cubs 1
What You Need to Know The Cubs got swept despite Kyle Hendricks’ strong outing. The lineup outhit the Brewers, but they couldn’t get the big hit. But hey, Willson Contreras is back. Next Level Kyle Hendricks was excellent at limiting hard contact today but no so much the hard luck. The Brewers didn’t get a […]
Game 142 Recap: Brewers 15, Cubs 2
What You Need to Know Kyle Schwarber hit a home run and Felix Pena pitched a scoreless inning, but the Cubs lost anyway. Next Level Mike Montgomery lasted only 2+ innings. Montgomery had some serious control issues in the first. In the inning, he allowed a runner to reach on a dropped third strike, he […]