2022 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 113

No matter how good a team might be or how bad the opposition is, sometimes you just have a clunker. Keegan Thompson had one of his worst starts of the year and the Cubs were fighting uphill all day long as a result. The net? An 8-5 loss. To the Cubs credit, they fought back in this one. After trailing 4-2 in the second and having their starter bounced, the Cubs fought back and briefly had a 5-4 lead in the fourth.

Still, even after falling behind 8-5 in the fifth, the Cubs loaded the bases in the eighth and had two on in the ninth. They just couldn’t quite punch through against the Reds bullpen to steal this one. Still, on the road, two out of three is never going to be a bad result. The…