Sometimes the other guy just beats you. And sometimes that guy is Wade Miley, so he gets super close, he confounds everyone (hitters, fans, umpires, himself), he blows the lead, and then his team wins anyway. Normal stuff, really. “The Instant Replay Game” turned on a few bad pitches from Cubs’ hurlers, and, in the end, […]
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Game 102 Recap: Cubs 12 Mariners 1
Over an hour of rain delay didn’t dampen the day at all for the Cubs, who scored so prodigiously that the Mariners turned to using second baseman Luis Sardinas in the eighth inning. And, to his credit, Sardinas got through the inning unscathed. The Cubs pushed through the Mariners bullpen by driving Hisashi Iwakuma from […]
Game 101: Cubs 3 White Sox 1
In dropping both games on the Southside this week, the Cubs sentenced themselves to their first non-victorious series of the second half. Despite a brightened outlook of late, the blow seemed to recall the gloom of that pre-break slump. After a satisfying win in game three, the Cubs needed this one, too, not merely to […]
Game 100 Recap: Cubs 8 White Sox 1
The Cubs are in a weird place right now. On one hand, they’re looking much improved after the break and taking series wins against the Rangers, Mets, and Brewers has calmed much of the angst that had so defined the month of July for Cubs fans. But on the other hand, there’s a swirl of […]
Game 99 Recap: White Sox 3 Cubs 0
In the course of a 162-game season, there are nights remembered for dynamic individual performance (three home runs, a no-hitter, etc.) and remarkable team efforts (a miraculous a late-inning comeback). These are the nights that we reflect upon for years, reminiscing about the feats that played out before us, and hanging to these brilliant moments that […]
Game 98 Recap: White Sox 5 Cubs 4
The White Sox walked it off in this heartbreaker, but it wasn’t all bad news for the North Siders. Top Play (WPA): As close as this game was until the very end, the Cubs never once held a lead. Their most valuable play, naturally, was that which afforded them a tantalizing tie in the ninth. And where […]
Game 97 Recap: Cubs 6 Brewers 5
I had high expectations for today’s game. Before this season, Jon Lester versus Junior Guerra wouldn’t have sounded like anything to look forward to; I’m not really sure what it would have sounded like, since Junior Guerra was not a name I knew. But in 2016, however, the two pitchers have been remarkably similar, and both quite […]
Game 96 Recap: Brewer 6 Cubs 1
Let’s face it. This is the B Story in Windy City sports right now. Because both Chicago baseball teams were scheduled to start pitchers from Texas tonight. And John Lackey turned out to be the rational one. Chris Sale is what happens when Edna Mode from The Incredibles crosses over to the Dark Side. But […]
Game 95 Recap: Cubs 5 Brewers 2
Let’s talk about Dex, baby. Top play (WPA): Dexter Fowler stepped in for his second at-bat of the game with the bases loaded and nobody out. He took four consecutive pitches, three of them for balls, before striking on pitch number five—lining a double the opposite way into the left-field corner (+0.110). The Cubs would […]
Game 94 Recap: Cubs 6 Mets 2
That was cleansing, wasn’t it? About 18 hours after the Cubs suffered one of the season’s most frustrating defeats, stranding 12 base runners and wasting a solid effort from Jake Arrieta, the offense stormed back with some muscle and timely hits, and the pitching and defense were outstanding. Anthony Rizzo slugged a pair of mammoth home […]