Monday night, the Cubs finally got a hit with the bases loaded, a two-run single by David Bote in the ninth inning. That was nice, although at the time, it was more or less just piling on. Bote’s hit made the score 9-3. Previously, the Cubs had gone 0-for-2 with the bases loaded in Monday’s game.
This has been a theme this year. Overall in 2020, the Cubs are 7-for-36 (.194) with the bases loaded and have struck out 14 times. All seven hits have been singles. That’s led to a .414 (!) OPS with the bases loaded, and you will likely be surprised to learn that’s not the lowest bases-loaded OPS in MLB this year.