It’s tough to blame the Cubs. I mean, who the hell likes Tuesdays? Tuesdays are the work week’s purgatory. Tuesdays are Wednesday’s Monday. Nothing good happens on Tuesdays, and that played out tonight in Milwaukee. The Brewers’ Chase Anderson took a no-hitter into the eighth inning, Kyle Hendricks gave up four earned runs in 5.1 […]
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Game 35 Recap: Cubs 8, Pirates 2
Jake Arrieta struggled a bit in his last few outing since the no-hitter, but today he looked much more like the dominant pitcher fans have grown to love over the past 11 months. Except for the fourth inning, Arrieta was on top of his game; he had great movement and controlled the strike zone, yielding […]
GAME 34 RECAP: CUBS 9 PIRATES 4
Top Play (WPA): It’s always a wonderful day when Addison Russell hits a baseball in this manner, but it’s especially good when it carries a massive WPA along for the ride. Pirates starter Francisco Liriano has always been a thorn in the Cubs’ side (see below)—and the first three innings today were no exception to this—but […]
Game 33 Recap: Padres 1 Cubs 0
The Cubs entered the nightcap of their twin bill in full-on freefall mode (by 2016 standards), on the heels of one-game losing streak that had spanned the course of several hours. And now, despite an absolutely superb effort from John Lackey, the losing streak has stretched to a world-shattering two games, as the Cubs fell […]
Game 32 Recap: Padres 7 Cubs 4
It’s a beautiful day for a ball game, in the sense that really any day when it isn’t raining is such a day. In a stricter sense, it’s a pretty miserable day for a ball game, and yet, this was just the first of two. Top Play (WPA): With neither starter pitching well early, the bottom […]
Game 30 Recap: Cubs 4 Nationals 3 (13)
Man, these Cubs truly are never out of a game, are they? Through the first six innings of Sunday’s game, they looked like a team that had no business beating the Nationals. All-World pitcher Jake Arrieta wasn’t at his sharpest, the infield defense was sloppy and the offense seemed lethargic, thrown off early in the […]
Game 28 Recap: Cubs 8 Nationals 6
Top Play (WPA): Although the Cubs didn’t score in the first, the way they attacked Max Scherzer set the tone for the afternoon. Scherzer threw 25 pitches in the first without surrendering a hit, allowing a walk to Jason Heyward and a few long at-bats that ended in strikeouts. Even though John Lackey struggled early, […]
Game 27 Recap: Cubs 5 Nationals 2
I’m not saying the Cubs are going to win 110 or more games. All I’m saying is that the way to win 110 or more games is to sometimes get one when you’re a long way from full strength and the opposing starter is on top of his game and you’re sending your fifth guy […]
Game 24 Recap: Cubs 7 Pirates 2
For the first time since that glorious Wild Card playoff game last October, the Cubs returned to PNC Park to play Pittsburgh. And in what can only be termed the oddest bit of nostalgia of the entire 2016 season thus far, Clint Hurdle and the Pirates decided to throw back to that playoff by plunking […]
Game 23 Recap: Braves 4 Cubs 3 (10)
The Cubs played an extra-inning matinee under grey Chicago skies on Sunday, closing out a rain-shortened two-game set against the Braves. The main news going into today’s game was Kris Bryant’s return from a brief hiatus due to an ankle sprain. He was sporting a brace in the game, but given the Cubs’ depth, one has to think […]