It was a Chicago-centric crowd again Monday that watched the Cubs jump out to a six-run lead, only to watch it melt away in a devastating 8-6 loss before a crowd of 43,209, writes PWSullivan
, falling seven games out of first place behind the Brewers, who led the National League Central with the Cincinnati Reds at the start of the day.The Cubs also might have lost third baseman Nick Madrigal for a while after he took himself out in the fourth inning with right hamstring tightness after tweaking it pursuing a foul pop up.
Ross, who has been saying for the last three years that no series is more important than any other, conceded beforehand this one is big. “Again, we don’t try to one more important than the other, but it’d be nice. We didn’t get off to that good start after London and hadn’t played winning baseball or been able to pull out some wins at home. We need to hopefully make up some ground on the road going into the All-Star break.” ]
Smyly hasn’t lasted more than four innings in his last two starts and has a 6.49 ERA in his last seven starts since May 28.
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