It hasn’t been the best of first halves for the Chicago Cubs. The club barely fought off a four-game sweep at the hands of the Pittsburgh Pirates earlier this week, feeding off Joe Maddon‘s fiery ejection in the finale and turning it into a win.
Maddon’s club enters Saturday’s series opener on the South Side just one-half game out of first in the National League Central, despite putting up a dismal 3-7 record over their last 10 games. With just two games left in the first half, the team is still very much in the hunt in the postseason picture – but three more months of play like we’ve seen of late won’t get the job done.