I suppose the reason the Cubs’ 7-2 loss to the Giants Thursday night felt so bad is that the Cubs hadn’t had a defeat like this in quite some time.
Seriously — the last time before this that the Cubs had lost by five or more runs (a “blowout” as defined by baseball-reference.com) was a 10-0 thrashing by the Braves April 28. All but one of the eight defeats in May were by one run, and even the 5-1 loss to the Reds last Sunday felt like the Cubs could have gotten back into that game in the late innings.