What You Need To Know: Basically, Jon Lester didn’t have it, couldn’t find it, and then it got worse. It started with a homer in the first, then paper cuts in the second, and then farce in the fifth. It was yet another outing for Lester that has Cubs fans, and possibly Cubs management, tugging their […]
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Game 150 Recap: Cubs 2, Rays 1
A trio of Tampa Bay Rays alums shined in the Chicago Cubs’ Tuesday night 2-1 victory at Tropicana Field in Florida. Former Rays’ farmhand Mike Montgomery excelled in his start, going six extremely strong innings and only allowing one hit. Former Rays’ pitcher Wade Davis looked brilliant striking out the side in the bottom of […]
Game 84 Recap: Cubs 7, Rays 3
What You Need to Know John Lackey wasn’t terrible, giving up three runs in six innings. Meanwhile, the Cubs couldn’t catch a break with every line drive finding a glove and every deep fly coming just short of the wall. After six innings of BABIP-related frustration, Jon Jay tied the game with a three-run dinger, […]
Game 83 Recap: Rays 6, Cubs 5
Things were lining up perfectly today for the easiest recap intro in the history of Baseball Prospectus: Cubs declare independence from .500 mark. It was almost too perfect. And then the Cubs went and declared independence in the wrong direction. It was like fighting the Revolutionary War only to declare “Wannabe” our National Anthem. What […]