Cubs record: 25-7, 1st NL Central, (8 games up)
W: Carlos Villanueva
L: Pedro Strop
S: Fernando Rodney
MVP: Ben Zobrist/Addison Russell
The Cubs were set to win in the first game of a doubleheader before the bullpen ran into trouble for the second day in a row. Kyle Hendricks was pretty great after a shaky first inning and ended up throwing 6.2 with two earned runs (one unearned) and was in line for the win. Pedro Strop relieved The Professor with the Cubs up 4-2, but he wouldn’t get out of the 7th inning unscathed, surrendering the lead on a three-run home run to Brett Wallace on the back of a Javier Baez error.