The Wife is introducing The Little Girl to stand-up paddle boarding to today, so that should be fun for them. Meanwhile, I’m gonna take The Little Boy and The Littlest Girl to Costco, so, you know, who’s *really* winning the day, eh?
Sometimes, your offense is only as good as the pitchers you’re facing, and I do think we’ve gotta give some credit to the Pirates for having a good pitching staff. They really do. But, of course, if the Cubs were playing reasonably well, they still manage to score far more than just three runs in three days against these same Pirates pitchers. Alas, it’s been a solo homer in each game for the Cubs and nothing else. And it doesn’t get much easier against Jameson Taillon today, so here’s hoping Jose Quintana is ready to start that turnaround that Theo Epstein was hoping for.
You are correct in your sense that the three solo homer thing does not happen often:
#Cubs last 3 games: Thursday: 1-0 win (Happ HR) Friday: 1-0 win (Schwarber HR) Saturday: 3-1 loss (Zobrist HR)
First time in #Cubs history they were held to one run in 3 straight games with the run coming on a home run
The Cubs have a lot of guys slumping right now, and even if you buy that David Bote will continue to rake, the Cubs are still hurt overall by the absence of Kris Bryant.
Still, I don’t think the slumping will last forever. There’s just too much offensive talent on this club. And heck, Javy Baez can make bats levitate so he can probably hit a bit, too:
After the Cubs’ loss and the Cardinals beating the Brewers again, the NL Central standings have finally flipped:
The updated NL Central standings are wild. Cardinals now in second place, 4.0 back of the Cubs. pic.twitter.com/fTEZRQAAJ0
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