Curse those Rockies. We needed them to win yesterday in order to give the Cubs a chance to pass the Pirates in the standings during the weekend (although not losing to the Brewers on Wednesday night would also have helped…), and now it looks as though even if the Cubs can sweep the Pirates in the next three games, they still won’t be able to pass them in the standings until sometime into next week.
And it’s not as if next week is a “gimme,” either. The Cubs have a makeup game with the Royals on Monday the 28th, and then a 3 game series in Cincinnati starting next Tuesday.