One of the reasons the Cubs were always in the hole in the first part of the season was that the starting pitching would give up a ton of runs in the first innings. Later, the Cubs had to keep scoring because in no way would the bullpen would hold leads.
The ship has been righted in a lot of great ways and so when the Cubs jumped out to a 3-0 lead in the first inning one could think, great offensive output, Hamels on the mound this game is on ice.
Yet the Marlins kept chipping away and the Cubs RISP issue once again raised its head. Cubs hitters got walk after walk in this and barely scored a run.
Then Strop came into the game and the wheels fell off. Walks and hits led to 3 Marlins runs and while the Cubs got one back at the end of the frame the Cubs lots 6-5, thus much wailing.
There isn't much I can say, the Cubs hitting put them in position to win, Cole didn't screw it up too bad with his start but unlike recent games the Cubs just couldn't pull out a close game on this one. Onward to tomorrow!
Cubs Games Watched: 7.5
Cubs Games Listened To: 17.5
Gave Up BCB: 6
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