And that’s a sweep.
The Cubs steered into the skid, with the offense increasingly going completely AWOL instead of merely failing to come through in the biggest moments. There’s still that, too, but there’s also just an overall lack of offense right now. Trey Mancini had another RBI hit, which he’s done a little bit lately. But that was it.
So it didn’t much matter that Drew Smyly had another strong start, and the Cubs actually got some scoreless innings from the bullpen (albeit two of the guys who’ve been fine).