Some people say it’s not who you play but when you play them. For the Arizona Diamondbacks, who are facing the Cubs this week, it may be both.
On June 27th the Cubs lost to the Dodgers 7 to 5, their 10th loss in their previous 15 games to fall to 43-34, 2.5 G behind the Milwaukee Brewers.
Since then they’ve slugged their way to a 15-5 record, scoring 6.7 R/G while allowing 5.2 R/G. It’s not exactly been a run prevention model, but here they sit at 58-40, 2.5 games up on the Brewers.