In this week’s column, we’ll be taking a look at the game that produced the sixth highest positive WPA score of the year. For this game, we’ll be looking at a game from August 16. The Cubs had split the first two games of a four game set with the Reds. The first game was won by a score of 15-5. Then they lost the second game 2-1. That loss dropped the team’s record to 62-56 with a 1½-game lead in the division.
John Lackey got the start for the Cubs and he put the Cubs in a hole quickly.