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Holy mackerel! The Cubs beat the Rockies 4-3 on Saturday behind a quality start from Javier Assad, two hits apiece from Michael Busch, Kyle Tucker, Seiya Suzuki, and Ian Happ, and three perfect relief innings from the bullpen.

 

The win sealed another series win for the North Siders, who go for the series sweep on Sunday at Coors.

 

The Cubs kick off a six-game homestand on Monday at Wrigley.

 

136 games down, 26 to go.  GO CUBS GO!

 

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  The CMN for a Wild Card berth is 17.

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Hey hey! The Cubs beat the Rox 11-7 on Friday behind a nice start from Cade Horton (5 IP, 2 ER, 4 K), a huge night from Dansby Swanson (2 HR, 6 RBI), and homers from Ian Happ and Michael Busch.

 

The bullpen unfortunately made the game a little too interesting, but the Men in Blue held on to stay 6.5 games back of the Brewers and two games ahead of the Padres for the top NL Wild Card Berth.

 

The series continues Saturday in Denver. 135 games down, 27 to go.

 

GO CUBS GO! 

 

 

 

  

The CMN for a Wild Card berth is 19.

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Thursday in the NL Central:  Cubs lose at San Francisco, Brewers lose at Arizona, CMN drops.

The North Siders have three games in Denver this weekend against the Rockies. Here's hoping that they can take advantage!

 

134 games down, 28 to go.  GO CUBS GO!

 

 The Cubs Magic Number for a Wild Card berth is 21.

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Wednesday in the NL Central:  Cubs lose, Brewers lose, CMN drops.

 

The North Siders will try to salvage the series finale in San Francisco on Thursday afternoon with CMN chat regular RyneMaiden in attendance. 

 

After Thursday's game, the Cubs head to Denver for a three-game weekend set against the Rockies before heading home to kick off a six-game homestand.

 

133 games down, 29 to go.  Go Cubs go!

 

*actually 2:45 p.m. CT Thursday

 

 

 

The CMN for a Wild Card berth is 21.

 

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Holy cow! The Cubs beat the Angels 4-3 in Anaheim on Sunday to sweep the weekend series and climb within five games of the Brewers, who lost to San Francisco in Milwaukee.

 

Jameson Taillon had a solid start (5 IP, 1 ER, 3 K) while Matt Shaw and Nico Hoerner had two hits apiece.

 

Brad Keller continued his August dominance with a scoreless eighth.  In eleven August appearances, Keller has 14 strikeouts and a 0.00 ERA. 

 

The North Siders head north to San Francisco to kick off a three-game set on Tuesday before wrapping up the road trip with a weekend set in Denver.

 

131 games down, 31 to go.

 

GO CUBS GO!

 

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Sunday in the NL Central - Brewers lose to the Giants, Cubs have the lead at Anaheim. Stay tuned!

 

GO CUBS GO! 

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Hey hey! The Cubs beat the Angels 3-2 on Friday behind a quality start from Javier Assad (6 IP, 2 H, 1 ER, 4 K) in his first start back from the IL and home runs from Kyle Tucker & Pete Crow-Armstrong!

The homer from Tucker was his first since July 19 and PCA's was his first since July 23. The North Siders have a 14-13 record since July 23 -- hopefully these two sluggers can get back on track for the rest of the race.

Brad Keller (2.37 ERA) continued his recent dominance, retiring all three batters he faced in the 8th, and Daniel Palencia (1.93 ERA) picked up his 19th save of the campaign by striking out two and not allowing any baserunners in the 9th. Keller last gave up an earned run on July 12 and has 14 scoreless appearances (15 IP) since then.

 

The series continues on Saturday in Anaheim. 129 games down, 33 to go.

 

Go Cubs go!

 

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Holy cow! The Cubs swept Tuesday's doubleheader against the Brewers with 6-4 and 4-1 victories. 

Owen Caissie had a great day, going 3-for-6 in the twinbill with 4 RBI and his first big league homer.

The bullpen threw a combined 6.2 innings of scoreless ball on the day, and Jameson Taillon's return from the IL was quality:  6 IP, 1 ER, and 4 K.

Michael Busch and Nico Hoerner each tallied two-out RBIs in the nightcap and Willi Castro added a home run in the day's opener.

The sweep put the Cubs seven games back of the previously red-hot Brewers and kept them in the driver's seat of the wild card race.

The series continues Wednesday night at the Friendly Confines.

126 games down, 36 to go.

GO CUBS GO!

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Holy mackerel! The Cubs beat the O's 5-3 in the bottom of the 9th behind a walk-off two-run home run by pinch hitter Justin Turner! Ian Happ, Seiya Suzuki, & Dansby Swanson also tallied RBIs for the North Siders.

 

The win gave the North Siders the series win over Baltimore and kept them within two games of first place Milwaukee.

 

The homestand continues Monday as the Reds come to town for a three-game set.

 

111 games down, 51 to go.  GO CUBS GO! 

 

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 Cade Horton was solid on the mound going 5 scoreless innings while striking out three and giving up 2 hits.  The Cubs strung together a pair of hits with Carson Kelly hitting a single then PCA doubling on a ball that nearly got out of Wrigley on a day when the wind was blowing in.  Kelly was later driven in on an Ian Happ sacrifice fly and that is all the Cubs pitchers would need as the bullpen closed the door after tossing four shutout innings giving up one hit and striking out 5 for the W.

The Cubs will all wear #23 jerseys tomorrow to honor Cubs legend and Hall of Famer Ryne Sandberg!