A Tip of the Recap – September 25th

The Cubs were so close to completing the comeback, but just came up short and lost by a score of 3-2 to the Pirates today.

The Good

Jon Lester dueled with Gerrit Cole today and pitched very well (really well enough for the win). He went 7 innings, giving up 2 runs (both earned) on 5 hits with 0 walks and 5 Ks. The real mistake was giving up an RBI single Cole in the top of the 3rd with 1 out, but Lester did escape the inning from there. He was the tough-luck loser, falling to 10-12 on the year with a 3.43 ERA.

Addison Russell went 1 for 3 with a bunt single and an RBI fielder’s choice to get the Cubs on the board in the 4th inning. It was his 51st RBI and his AVG is at .237. Russell has…