12:00 pm: In days gone by, the Cubs often treated the last day of a home stand as an excuse to swing at every first pitch and see how fast they could make it to the airport. Hopefully with the off-day tomorrow and a short flight to St. Louis for Friday’s game, the finale versus Colorado will be treated with more reverence.
1:20 pm: A lead-off walk to Charlie Blackmon, Twitter panic begins (see below). Yu rights the ship by striking out David Dahl but Nolan Arenado blasted a two-run shot to deep CF to put the Rockies on the board again with a crooked number in the first inning.