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The best thing I can say about this game is that the Cubs will have only nine more on the season once it’s over. They’re 20 games under .500 and playing out the string with a lineup is about as spring training-ish as you can get. To top it off, the Cubs are playing in Pittsburgh against a team that’s 30 games under and has a similar exhibition feel. Zach McKinstry has been … [Read more...] about Chicago Cubs Lineup (9/25/22) – Nico Hoerner Returns, Sampson Starting Series Finale

This one looked like it might be a pitchers’ duel through the first four innings, but the Cubs broke it open in the 5th and hung crooked numbers in two subsequent frames to win going away. The early scoring came on a two-out rally that started when Zach McKinstry and Esteban Quiroz worked walks to set the table for Patrick Wisdom. The Cubs’ home run leader came through with a … [Read more...] about Chicago Cubs Score and Recap (9/25/22): Cubs 8, Pirates 3 – Wisdom HR, Sloppy Pittsburgh D Key Blowout

“Follow and cruisin’, ain’t it amusin’, hair hardly moves in the breeze.” – Widespread Panic, Bear’s Gone Fishin’ Before I get started: Shanah tovah u’metuka to all of our Jewish readers celebrating Rosh Hashanah. Wishing all of you a sweet and happy new year. I’ve been so excited to write about the Cubs that I almost dropped a weekend post. Things have just been a bit busy … [Read more...] about The Rundown: Hoerner Becoming Clubhouse Leader, Cubs Discussing Marquee Free Agent Pitchers, Pujols Joins 700 Club

Charles LeClaire-USA TODAY Sports The Cubs come up empty in a 6-0 defeat. Even when you are going good, clunkers happen. The Cubs had won eight of 11 coming in. But they never got anything going offensively in this one. The pitching wasn’t awful, but it wasn’t good either. An error made things worse than they might have been. Yet that error was made by Cubs starter Wade … [Read more...] about 2022 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 152

Photo by Justin Berl/Getty Images The Cubs go for the series win. There’s a chance of rain this afternoon in Pittsburgh. The teams don’t have any mutual off days before the season ends (Cubs are off Monday, Pirates are off Thursday). If this game can’t be played, it would likely be cancelled and not made up. Here’s local radar for Pittsburgh: Sunday … [Read more...] about Chicago Cubs vs. Pittsburgh Pirates preview, Sunday 9/25, 12:35 CT

Photo by Joe Robbins/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Sunday’s game threads are all right here. … [Read more...] about Cubs vs. Pirates Sunday 9/25 game threads

Photo by Megan Briggs/Getty Images Go get ‘em, Adrian. … [Read more...] about First pitch thread: Cubs vs. Pirates, Sunday 9/25, 12:35 CT

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Photo by Justin Berl/Getty Images ... with a tiny little dash of complaint department at the end. There were three different sub-plot games within the Cubs’ 8-3 win over the Pirates Sunday afternoon in Pittsburgh, a win that gave the Cubs both the series win and a 10-9 edge in the season series over the Bucs. It’s the first time in franchise history the Cubs have won … [Read more...] about Cubs 8, Pirates 3: A tale of three games