What you need to know: The focus of game two of the Cubs visit to St. Louis was on the young guns. With injuries and illness ravishing the team, there have been notable call-ups in the past week or so. The most notable of those was one of the Cubs’ top prospects, Ian Happ. His […]
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Game 35 Recap: Cubs 3, Cardinals 2
What you need to know: Eddie Butler made his debut for the Cubs today, and it was a good one. All Butler did was surrender two hits, strike out five, and walk three over six shutout innings, a welcome change from the Cubs’ incumbent starters of late. And yet, Butler’s performance was overshadowed a bit […]
Game 34 Recap: Rockies 3, Cubs 0
What You Need To You Know: Coors Field is a hellmouth and you should be glad this series is over. That is all you need to know. The Rockies had German Márquez face off against Kyle Hendricks. With the exception of rough fourth and seventh innings, Hendricks was effective against Colorado. In 6.1 innings pitched, Hendricks threw 92 […]
Game 33 Recap: Cubs 8, Rockies 1
What You Need To Know: My baseball playing days ended many years ago. But when I was a kid, I loved doubleheaders. I’m sure if I were a professional athlete playing a double header on the road—which, for the Cubs, followed an eighteen inning marathon against the Yankees—my opinion would be different. The Cubs dropped the […]
Game 32 Recap: Rockies 10, Cubs 4
What You Need To Know: George Burns was right. Coors Field is a hideous beast goddess. At least he would have been if he were talking about it and not Hollywood. The Rockies clubbed the Cubs in the opener of a split doubleheader, getting the Coors Special of a ton of bloops and flares that land […]
Spahn and Sain: Cubs Rained Out in Colorado
The Cubs played 18 innings of baseball yesterday, and they’re playing zero tonight. Tomorrow they’ll play (at least) 18 innings again. This schedule is a bold new direction for baseball—one that really gives those pace of play arguments more weight. Obviously, this is a seriously well-timed rainout, of the kind that fans of Spahn and […]
Game 31: Yankees 5, Cubs 4 (18)
What You Need To Know: The Cubs continued to struggle at Wrigley Field, as they were swept by the Yankees tonight, losing by the score of four to one. The Cubs are now 7-9 to start the season at the Friendly Confines (they were 57-24 at home in 2016). This loss is especially painful as the […]
Game 30 Recap: Yankees 11, Cubs 6
I may vomit. The Cubs should have picked tonight to present Brian Matusz with his World Series ring. Because this game certainly felt like he was on the mound again. Last year, as several of you will recall, the Cubs started Matusz in a late July contest with the Mariners. And after he gave up […]
Game 29 Recap: Yankees 3, Cubs 2
What You Need To Know: It’s the first week of May, but the opener for this series could easily be a preview for a World Series matchup. The Cubs are the reigning champs from last year and the Yankees are off to a red-hot start this season and boasts the second highest run differential (+45) in […]
Game 28 Recap: Cubs 5, Phillies 4 (13)
What You Need To Know: The force was most definitely not with the Cubs or Phillies tonight. It was a back and forth game in which neither team really seemed able to take full advantage of any offensive opportunity, each instead producing a string of one-run innings that left the scorecard looking more like an […]