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BALTIMORE – It’s difficult in the moment to pinpoint the end of a rut.
“It’s always a story we tell afterwards,” Cubs manager Craig Counsell said. “Because it’s never one thing. You don’t win baseball games with one thing; it’s a lot of people that contribute to it.”
In a down spell that’s lasted over two months, there’s been plenty of false hope. Case in point: those comments from Counsell were from early June. The Cubs had plenty more losing to do.
Four wins in five games could be another blip on the radar, especially when two of those wins came against the Angels, who have a worse season than the Cubs.