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Holy mackerel! The Cubs beat Arizona 7-0 on Monday behind a dominant start from Kevin Gausman (7 IP, 3 H, 1 BB, 6 K) and a 3-for-3, two RBI night from Michael Conforto!

 

Conforto and Carson Kelly had back-to-back jacks in the 6th inning for the North Siders, who are now 14-8 in August, 5.5 games back of Milwaukee in the NL Central, and 4.5 games ahead of Philadelphia in the race for the top NL Wild Card berth and its home-field-for-all-NLWCS-games perk.

 

The series continues tomorrow in Phoenix.

 

Here's how the remainder of the season shapes up:

    2 more games at 69-63 Arizona
    6 vs. 62-70 Cincinnati (3 home, 3 road)
    7 vs. 81-50 Milwaukee (4 + 3)
    6 vs. 67-65 Miami (3 + 3)
    3 vs. 63-69 Pittsburgh (home)
    3 vs. 76-55 Atlanta (home)
    3 at 72-59 Boston

132 games down, 30 to go.
 
Go Cubs go! 

 

 

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