Obviously, we all that the Cubs wouldn’t be in a stretch with four straight losses and seven of nine. All of the slack in the rope is gone and what looked like a relatively safe bet a couple of weeks ago is starting to look awfully shaky. The Cubs last lost four straight games June 25 to June 29. You’ll remember that as the stretch that started in London. Those were games 76-79. Now here in games 146-149, they’ve done it again.
In the 67 games between, the Cubs were 41-26. That’s a 99-win pace. Had Saturday night’s game occurred a week ago, it would have been a game I could remember as a game that was a thrilling as it was frustrating.