Hey look, the Cubs can beat the Padres! That feels like leading the sports page with a 72 point headline screaming “WASHINGTON GENERALS LOSE.” Normally, it should not be this exhilarating to beat the Padres. And yet it certainly is tonight. Hell, the only reason you should be exhilarated in a game with the Padres […]
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Game 68 Recap: Cubs 7, Pirates 1
What You Need to Know: The Cubs steal away from Pittsburgh with a series victory, thanks to a rare strong outing from John Lackey and timely hits from Willson Contreras and Anthony Rizzo. Contreras doubled twice to drive in three runs, and Rizzo continued his tear at the plate, adding a two-run homer. Next Level: […]
Game 67 Recap: Pirates 4, Cubs 3
What You Need To Know: Two nights in a row, the Cubs entered the top of the ninth inning trailing 4-3. Alas, they went down in order this time and failed to pull off the magic they did the night before. Well, you don’t score six runs in the ninth inning every night. Maybe that’s why […]
Game 66 Recap: Cubs 9, Pirates 5
What you need to know: This game started weird, and stayed kinda weird, and ended weird. The Cubs pulled it out 9-5, thanks to a 6-run Cubs rally in the 9th, when they scored four runs in a span of 12 pitches tossed by two relievers who succeeded in recording zero outs while surrendering two […]
Game 65 Recap: Mets 9, Cubs 4
What You Need To Know: The Cubs offense looked good… for three innings. Matt Harvey had absolutely nothing, and Rizzo on the game’s first pitch, Happ on the next AB, and then The War Bear with a bomb that landed somewhere near Arthur Ashe Stadium gave the Cubs four runs in the first three innings. You […]
Game 64 Recap: Cubs 14, Mets 3
What you need to know: The second day of the draft went well. The Cubs picked up five more arms and three bats in rounds 3-10 including a really high upside high school arm in the 6th round in Jeremy Estrada. Wait…… The Cubs actually won tonight? The offense is back, baby! I kid of […]
Game 63 Recap: Mets 6, Cubs 1
What you need to know: Jacob deGrom was dealing all night. He benefited from a Mets defense that turned four double plays, but his stuff was good throughout the evening. The only run he allowed was a fly ball off the bat of Addison Russell that somehow got up and out of the field of […]
Game 61 Recap: Rockies 9, Cubs 1
What You Need to Know: Eddie Butler pitched well, but the Cubs lost their fourth in a row, dropping them below .500. The Rockies’ starter, Jeff Hoffman, was excellent, striking out eight in 6 1/3 innings. Next Level: In Jeff Hoffman’s first three starts this year, he struck out 24 and walked one in 19 […]
Game 60 Recap: Rockies 5, Cubs 3
What You Need To Know: The Cubs offense once again sputtered, wheezed, coughed, stumbled, gagged, choked its way into high-leverage situations. But much like a high school boy trying to ask his dream girl to the prom, when the moment of truth came they emitted barely a squeak, got a silly look on their face, and […]
Game 59 Recap: Rockies 4, Cubs 1
What You Need to Know: Jon Lester labored through five innings, giving up some weak contact before a big home run off the bat of former Cub DJ LeMahieu. A solo homer from Kris Bryant in the first and some minor scoring threats in the middle innings couldn’t overcome Rockies starter Tyler Chatwood’s solid performance. […]