How many times have we seen this game over the last week or so?
The Cubs take a first-inning lead, then cough it all up and lose and, in fact, don’t score at all in the late innings (again today, no runs after the fifth). That might not have mattered, as the Reds scored seemingly at will all day and took the series finale in Cincinnati 20-5.
It was the first time a Cubs team allowed 20 runs in a game since they lost 21-8 to the Phillies July 3, 1999, and only the 12th time a Cubs team had ever allowed 20+ runs.