What You Need to Know The offense scraped together enough runs to back a strong outing from Jose Quintana. Ian Happ had a big day at the plate. Joe West did Joe West things. Next Level When Quintana has struggled in his short Cubs career, he hasn’t had a feel for his curveball. In the […]
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Game 121 Recap: Cubs 7, Blue Jays 4
What You Need to Know Jake Arrieta was brilliant, the offense was rolling, and two-thirds of the bullpen did fine. Next Level Coming off a wild and frustrating four-game series against the Reds, the Cubs were due for a nice, easy win. Fangraphs had the Cubs at a 94% win expectancy before the end of […]
Game 120 Recap: Reds 13, Cubs 10
WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW In another wild game, with seven home runs between the two teams, it was the Reds’ turn to blow a huge lead—9-0 in the second, tied in the fifth—but still win. Worse for the Cubs, Lester took himself out of the game in the second and is being evaluated for left lat […]
Game 119 Recap: Cubs 7, Reds 6
What You Need to Know There was a grand slam, a five-man infield, John Lackey stole a base, and it ended with a walk-off on a wild pitch. It was a pretty fun game if you forget about the five-run lead that was blown. Next Level Javier Baez came into the ninth inning with the […]
Game 118 Recap: Reds 2, Cubs 1
What You Need To Know: You probably joked while the Cubs were scoring 15 last night that they should save some for the next game. Though you didn’t say it out loud, inside you kind of felt like you weren’t joking, even though you know that’s not how these things work. But what you know and […]
Game 117 Recap: Cubs 15, Reds 5
The Chicago Cubs’ next 12 games come against teams in the bottom of their respective divisions: three more with the Cincinnati Reds, three with the Blue Jays, another set of three with the Reds and three with the Phillies. If tonight is any indication, this could be a fun couple of weeks. In the first […]
Game 116 Recap: Cubs 7, Diamondbacks 2
What You Need To Know: Jake Arrieta kept his hot streak going, being able to play Frogger for six innings, weaving in and out of mostly self-inflicted traffic to only surrender one run. That propped up an offense that was once against squandering chances long enough for the dam to break in the last two innings, […]
Game 115 Recap: Diamondbacks 6, Cubs 2
What You Need to Know: Jon Lester pitched well until the sixth inning, when the wheels came off. Arizona scored four in that inning, and the Cubs couldn’t eek out a single run versus D-Backs starter Patrick Corbin, rallying late for two versus erstwhile Cub Fernando Rodney before dropping the second game of the series. […]
Game 114 Recap: Cubs 8, Diamondbacks 3
What You Need to Know: The Cubs struck early in the first when Taijuan Walker lived up to his name: three walks and a passed ball later, the Cubs had a 2-0 lead. Kris Bryant added an RBI single in the third, and Kyle Schwarber—in his first game at Chase Field since his injury last […]
Game 112 Recap: Giants 6, Cubs 3
What You Need to Know Jose Quintana and the Cubs ran into some tough luck against one of the most snake-bit teams in either league. The offense created several opportunities, but the big hit never came. There would be no thrilling ninth inning comeback against this iteration of the Giants bullpen. Not with super closer […]