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The Cubs did something in their loss to St. Louis last Tuesday that they had done only 7 times in the previous 24 seasons: Surrender multiple bases-loaded walks in an inning, by different...

Third and last in a series of posts .......... Two previous posts described the best and worst individual games and career totals by Cubs batters when playing on their birthdays. Pitchers have...

Cubs short starts, then scoreless relief By JohnW53 on May 3, 2021, 4:15am CDT + After Saturdays game at Cincinnati, the Cubs bullpen was roundly praised -- and deservedly so. Five relievers combined to shut out the Reds for 5 innings, during which the Cubs turned a 2-0 deficit into a 3-2 victory. Davies has pitched no more than 4 innings in 5 of his 6 starts this year. Kyle Hendricks has done so 3 times; Jake Arrieta, Alec Mills and Trevor Williams once each, leaving the Cubs total...