When last we journeyed back to 1989, the Cubs were dropping five straight games. Injuries had set in and gone were Andre Dawson, Jerome Walton and Mitch Webster from the lineup. This meant increased playing time for people like Darrin Jackson, Doug Dascenzo and today’s featured player Lloyd McClendon.
Those losses dropped the team down to fourth place, 3½ games out of first and to one game under .500. I’ve already spoiled the good news out of all of that. Each of those numbers represents a season low. So the Cubs were able to stop the bleeding.