Chicago Cubs Record 39-46 (.459) Last place in the NL Central (11.5 GB)
Philadelphia Phillies Record 55-29 (.655) First place in NL East (best in MLB)
On May 5th of this year the Cubs shut out the Brewers. Javier Assad was on that mound that night and when the dust cleared his ERA hovered at an intimidating 1.66. The Cubbies’ record stood at 21-14, good enough for second place in the NL Central and 3.5 games behind the Brew Crew. By the looks of things the Cubs were well on their way to a Wild Card fight.