Through Friday, the Cubs had won five consecutive games at Target Field.
They likely wish they could have caught a flight out of town right then, after a pair of blowout losses, Sunday’s by the score of 16-3.
BCB’s JohnW53 provides this sad news:
This is the first time that the Cubs have surrendered double-digit runs on back-to-back days on the road since consecutive 11-5 losses at Colorado on August 9-10, 2009. They had never done it before at any American League park.
It’s simple, really: Marcus Stroman just didn’t have it.