In our last look at the 1989 Cubs we looked at a roller coaster week. The Cubs started the week with a three game sweep of the Reds in Cincinnati. While that was happening, the Cubs were increasing their division lead to 4½ games. That was the largest lead of the season to date. But, they then were swept in Houston by the Astros. There were two winnable games in that series, but they just couldn’t close the deal and by week’s end, they were back to just 2½ games ahead in the division.
We move forward to the next week on the schedule and the Cubs return home.