That’s entertainment. Tonight was the kind of night where Jim Deshaies mused that “Kyle needs to join the party” and on the very next pitch, Schwarber launched an opposite field missile into the second row of the left field bleachers. And the thing is that there was so much great stuff happening in tonight’s game […]
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Game 131 Recap: Cubs 4, Pirates 1
What You Need To Know: Jake Arrieta and Chad Kuhl had a staring contest through five-and-a-half innings, with neither really coming close to surrendering a run, save a brief scare for each. Finally in the sixth, Ben Zobrist went up there looking for the fastball that Kuhl had been pumping over the plate defiantly for the […]
Game 130 Recap: Cubs 6, Pirates 1
What You Need to Know: Seven sterling innings from Mike Montgomery headlined a convincing victory over the Pirates, who fall to eight games back in the NL Central. Timely hitting early from Ian Happ and Anthony Rizzo gave the Cubs all the runs they needed, and Javier Baez flashed his glove and arm at shortstop […]
Game 88 Recap: Pirates 14, Cubs 3
What You Need To Know: Mike Montgomery, stepping up when his team needed him for an emergency start with only two days rest, gave the Cubs all he could in three innings of work before the pen only gave up two runs over the final six innings as the Cubs’ rally just fell short in a […]
Game 87 Recap: Pirates 4, Cubs 2
What You Need to Know: For the first three innings, the sides traded zeros. Then came the fourth inning, and they started trading some other integers. Pittsburgh one, thanks to a ground out. Cubs two, via back-to-back home runs. Then Pittsburgh came back with a three-run sixth. Then they went back to trading zeros for the […]
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 21 Recap: Pirates 6, Cubs 5
What You Need To Know: This was an ugly game for both the Pirates and Cubs. Then it was an ugly game for the Cubs. It then became a very “meh” game for Cubs fans. We probably should have spent our time watching the Bulls. (Editor’s Note: Nope.) The Cubs had Jon Lester toeing the mound […]
Game 20 Recap: Cubs 1, Pirates 0
What You Need to Know: A zippy two-and-a-half hour affair featured an improved Kyle Hendricks, who dialed up his fastball to a blazing 88 MPH and completed six scoreless innings. Gerrit Cole stymied the Cubs’ boisterous bats, but emerged with nothing to show for a solid seven-inning performance. The Cubs scraped across a run on […]