So not only do the Cubs have to start winning, they would have to finish with more wins than at least two of the Diamondbacks, Marlins and Reds, because all three of those teams have the tiebreaker over the Cubs. (FWIW, Miami has the tiebreaker over Arizona.) if the season ended now, the Cubs would be on the outside looking in. Both teams have the tiebreaker over the Cubs, so. By defeating the Cubs Sunday, the D-backs moved ahead of the them into the second wild-card spot at 79-72, and the Cubs are now tied with the Marlins at 78-72. That’s the position they find themselves in with 12 games to go. Now, even though baseball-reference has the Cubs at a 55.4 percent chance to make the postseason and Fangraphs has them at 46 percent, the Cubs are in real danger of missing this year’s postseason entirely. One week ago, they were two games out of the top wild card and three games out of first place and either position seemed possible. The Cubs picked just about the worst possible time to match their season-high losing streak at five games with Sunday night’s 6-2 loss to the Diamondbacks. Here, let me start with the worse news, maybe the rest of this recap will feel better in comparison. © 2023 NYP Holdings, Inc.I’ve got bad news and worse news about the Chicago Cubs. The 13 earned runs were the most surrendered by a big league pitcher since Vin Mazzaro was charged with 14 in an outing for the Kansas City Royals on May 16, 2011, against Cleveland. He became the first Reds pitcher to allow 13 runs in a game since Charles “King” Lear allowed 13 runs in eight innings on July 24, 1915, at Philadelphia, according to Elias Sports. Lively was charged with a career-high 13 runs and 13 hits in four innings. The seven homers for Chicago matched a modern franchise record for the team, last accomplished on May 17, 1977, versus San Diego. Cody Bellinger celebrates after hitting a two-run homer during the Cubs’ victory. Wisdom and Amaya connected against catcher Luke Maile, who got the final four outs for the Reds. He added a two-run drive in the fourth for his 15th homer this season, helping the Cubs build a 13-2 lead.Ĭody Bellinger, Nico Hoerner, Patrick Wisdom and Miguel Amaya also went deep. Swanson hit a three-run homer in Chicago’s five-run first against Ben Lively (4-7). Christian Encarnacion-Strand added a two-run single in the team’s four-run ninth inning.Ĭincinnati (59-50) had its division lead trimmed to a half-game over Milwaukee, which won 6-4 at Washington. Tyler Stephenson hit a two-run homer for the Reds, and Matt McLain finished with three hits and two RBIs. It’s been a fun experience.” Dansby Swanson hits the second of his two homers in the fourth inning of the Cubs’ 20-9 blowout win over the Reds. I feel like you can just see the work that we’ve put in not only on the field but off the field and what we expect out of one another. It is 3 1/2 games out in the wild-card race. Candelario also made his big league debut with the Cubs in 2016.Ĭhicago (54-53) pulled within four games of NL Central-leading Cincinnati. Jeimer Candelario went 4 for 5 and scored two runs in his first game since he was reacquired by Chicago in a trade with Washington on Monday. The Cubs bashed seven homers while also setting season highs for runs and hits with 21. Mike Tauchman also went deep and finished with four RBIs as Chicago won for the ninth time in 11 games, bouncing back in a major way after a 6-5 loss in the opener of the four-game series. callĬubs announcers rip Braves for celebrating star’s historic moment: ‘Pretty absurd’ĬHICAGO - Dansby Swanson homered twice and drove in five runs, and the Chicago Cubs pounded the Cincinnati Reds 20-9 on Tuesday night. Ride with this NL team that just was eliminated from MLB playoffsĬubs announcer fires back at critics of Ronald Acuña Jr. This NL team will ‘do everything they can’ to land Mets star
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