That one wasn’t terribly hard to see coming. Sonny Gray has been terrific, basically, all year long. The Cubs offense had carried them through much of their snapped five game winning streak, but they were largely silenced by Gray and the Reds bullpen. It was always going to be unlikely to run the table. If they had to lose, I guess I’m at least glad that it was one of the games that looked troublesome on the schedule.
I don’t want to always be chicken little in this space. But, the reality is that the Cubs under achieved for so much of this season, that they have no margin of error.