2019 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 149

Daniel Bartel-USA TODAY Sports I’m going to go out on a limb and guess that more than a couple of Cubs hitters shed a quiet tear last night at the Pirates leaving town. Of course, you have to take some of what happens in games between contenders and the long eliminated in September. But, the Cubs hitters completely destroyed Pirates pitching in the three-game series that concluded yesterday. 47 runs in three games. I can safely say that I’ve never seen anything like it.

Of course, the story of yesterday’s game cannot be told without pausing to note not only yet another Cub being lost to injury, but one as important as Anthony Rizzo. The team is already without one of the four valves of the…