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SAN FRANCISCO – The Cubs trudged off the field as the Giants mobbed Wilmer Flores, who had just drawn a bases-loaded walk to win the game. When the Cubs fell to the Giants 5-4 on Monday, closer questions resurfaced – if they had ever gone dormant.
“They hit some balls in some good places in the ninth, and then the walks hurt us, frankly,” manager Craig Counsell said after the Cubs’ 18th one-run loss of the year. “They obviously hurt us bad. The ninth inning did not go well.”
It was a movie the Cubs had seen before.