2019 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 44

Geoff Burke-USA TODAY Sports Sunday’s game took an odd turn. Kyle Hendricks had been rolling right along and the game looked like it might be a blow out. Then the bottom dropped out on Hendricks and things got tense. I imagine that I’m not the only one who was around for the good part but was watching HBO while the bad was happening. Fortunately, the Cubs held on for another 6-5 win.

There’s that score again. 6-5 in a Cubs game. That’s not a particularly common score. Yet the Cubs have had seven of their first 44 games end with that score. A little bit over 16% of their games have ended with that same score. There have been only 29 such games in the majors this year. The Cubs and Mariners…