In a season where the Cubs are heading toward 90-plus losses, they’ve largely had a lot of fight in them. Even with the season waning, that’s still been the case more nights than not. I’m not going to say that the Cubs didn’t fight Friday night. But they didn’t put up much of a fight. I don’t doubt they’ll bounce back before this weekend is over and give the Cardinals some headaches.
One of the big reasons that the Cubs came up empty on Friday? Jordan Montgomery. We covered that pretty in depth the last time these two teams met when Jordan one-hit the Cubs.