There are many ways to celebrate Independence Day. Reciting the Declaration of Independence. Utterly misreading the lyrics to a Bruce Springsteen song. Or, if you’re Kyle Schwarber, dressing up as the inside of Wayne Messmer’s brain. But for today’s game, the Detroit Tigers were scheduled to start Francisco Liriano. Which meant that the Cubs would […]
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Game 77 Recap: Cubs 9, Dodgers 4
Lead photo courtesy Gary A. Vasquez—USA Today Sports What You Need To Know: The Cubs received another solid start from Jon Lester, who allowed only two runs in five innings of work. However, the offense failed to cash in on a number of early opportunities, and the Cubs found themselves trailing 2-1 entering the […]
Game 76 Recap: Dodgers 2, Cubs 1
What You Need To Know: Duane Underwood, Jr. made an emergency start for the Cubs, and kept the game within reach, yielding only one solo home run in four innings of work. Justin Wilson gave up another solo shot to Chris Taylor in the eighth, which ultimately proved to be the difference. The Cubs failed […]
Game 75 Recap: Reds 8, Cubs 6
What You Need to Know: After Sal Romano and Mike Montgomery spent four innings looking like dueling Cy-Young candidates, the Cubs remembered that, despite weekend evidence to the contrary, they did indeed know how to play baseball. They blew up Romano’s leisurely Sunday afternoon to the tune of five (two-out!) runs in the fifth courtesy […]
Game 73 Recap: Reds 6, Cubs 3
What You Need to Know: Jose Quintana took the hill in Great American Ball Park, trying to build on his recent stretch of success. And in the early going, that’s what he did. Apart from a Billy Hamilton line drive in the second, which scored Curt Casali, Quintana was looking sharp through four frames, racking up […]
Game 72 Recap: Reds 6, Cubs 2
Technically, it’s impossible to lose a game if the bottom of the sixth inning never ends. There was a Luke Bryan concert in Cincinnati over the weekend. And based on the condition of the outfield, Bryan has apparently ditched country music in favor of a three hour long cover of “Reign of Blood.” Then the […]
Game 70 Recap: Cubs 2, Dodgers 1
What You Need To Know: The Cubs are now 41-12 when they score two friggin’ runs. Granted, it took 10 innings to get two, but it still counts. What else do you need to know? Mike Montgomery is good. For real. Jacob deGrom might sue him for identity theft — deGrom has been putting together […]
Game 66 Recap: Cubs 13, Cardinals 5
What You Need to Know: The Cubs’ offense broke out of their collective slump in a big way against Cardinals’ starter Michael Wacha, taking him deep three times and piling up nine runs on him in four-plus innings, turning the game into a rout early. With the big cushion, Jon Lester turned in another solid […]
Game 63 Recap: Cubs 7, Brewers 2
Entering the first game of this all-important series with the Brewers, the Cubs had won seven of eight games against Milwaukee this season. And yet, all of that was prelude to this series, with the surging Cubs still finding themselves a half-game back in the division standings. What You Need to Know: Despite giving up […]
Game 62 Recap: Pirates 7, Cubs 1
It is inevitable that on a beautiful day at Wrigley Field you will see online someone post a photo with the caption, “Let’s play two.” On a day like today, though, you are more likely to see the caption “It sucks outside, let’s just stay home.” By the looks of things on the field, the […]