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The Cubs dropped the series finale against the Marlins 7-2 on Sunday, failing to complete the sweep against a struggling team.
“It’s a good series, it’s a road-win series, but we had a chance to make it a great series and couldn’t finish it,” manager Craig Counsell said. “A little reminiscent of the Toronto series [last weekend], where we could have finished it off and just couldn’t do it. But winning series is a good thing. Just keep doing that.”
Cubs starter Javier Assad recovered from surrendering two home runs in the first inning to hold the Marlins to three runs in seven innings.