What You Need To Know: This game had a strikeout/fielder’s choice in it. That basically sums it up. I’ve never seen that called before. It’s like they declined the strikeout. Like it was defensive holding or something. That’s how strange the last inning got, and that was the overall theme of the game (and probably season, […]
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Game 122 Recap: Cubs 4, Blue Jays 3
What You Need to Know The offense scraped together enough runs to back a strong outing from Jose Quintana. Ian Happ had a big day at the plate. Joe West did Joe West things. Next Level When Quintana has struggled in his short Cubs career, he hasn’t had a feel for his curveball. In the […]
Game 121 Recap: Cubs 7, Blue Jays 4
What You Need to Know Jake Arrieta was brilliant, the offense was rolling, and two-thirds of the bullpen did fine. Next Level Coming off a wild and frustrating four-game series against the Reds, the Cubs were due for a nice, easy win. Fangraphs had the Cubs at a 94% win expectancy before the end of […]