![]() ![]() Since he made his season debut on May 25 after recovering from a shoulder injury, Hendricks ranks second in baseball with 16 starts allowing three or fewer earned runs.It was so loud at Wrigley Fieldthat Nico Hoerner went to max volume on his PitchCom receiver.A foundational formula of pitching and defense paved the way to a series win for a Chicago club that is very much in the thick of the playoff picture with a month to go.The Cubs have their sights set on winning the division after winning the Milwaukee series.That is the definition of a playoff-ready team. This team has learned to do the little things well, or as Joe Maddon would say, they “Do simple better.” They’re winning games they would have lost earlier in the season and are now 17-6 in one-run games since the end of May, trailing only the Reds (20 wins) and Brewers (19). I mentioned in yesterday’s Rundownthat I believe the Cubs would win 10 of 12 before heading to Denver, and I stand by that. ![]() The Giants and Diamondbacks come to Chicago, then the Cubs hit the road for tilts with the Rockies and D-backs again. ![]() The Cubs’ next 11 games and 14 of their next 17 are against the three teams behind them in the NL Wild Card race, starting with a four-game series against the Reds this weekend. Canha might be the most-hit man in baseball, so you can’t fault the young reliever. After hitting Mark Canha to force in the tying run, he came back to notch the win an inning later. Leiter struggled with command and I don’t recall Alzolay throwing a single fastball. and Adbert Alzolay looked genuinely gassed yesterday. It’s a stark reversal from the first two months of the season when Chicago’s North Side baseballers would end up on the wrong end of one-run games.Īn off day today provides a welcome respite for the back end of the bullpen because Mark Leiter Jr. Things got a little iffy in the 8th inning, but these Cubs have a newfound resiliency that helps them overcome adversity and win tough, low-scoring games. That’s two consecutive wins against Corbin Burnes and Brandon Wood, a couple of the game’s better pitchers, both played with postseason intensity. Kyle Hendricks followed up an excellent performance by Justin Steele to lead Chicago to a 3-2 win over Milwaukee. If you thought the Cubs were incapable of making a sustained playoff run, they proved you wrong by taking two of three from the Brewers. “You keep playin’ where you shouldn’t be playin’, and you keep thinkin’ that you’ll never get burnt.” – Nancy Sinatra, These Boots Are Made for Walkin’ ![]()
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