Mike Montgomery pitched a strong game overall, but the offense couldn’t muster enough to send the Cubs home happy.
The Cubs had no issues getting on base today. With eight hits and seven walks, there was plenty of traffic on the paths. Unfortunately, as we’ve seen too many times this year, the Cubs were unable to drive them in when needed most. They went 2-for-6 with runners in scoring position, but left 11 men on base. The only batter to get multiple hits was Miguel Montero with two. Both runs were driven in on sacrifice flies.
Montgomery got off to a rocky start today.