The Cubs played a dud of a game and dropped the opener of today’s doubleheader by a score of 9-1 to the Reds.
The Good
There was not much good from the first game for the Cubs. Chris Coghlan and Kyle Schwarber each had 2 hits and Addison Russell added a double. Russell scored on a single by Schwarber, but that was about all the offense the Cubs could muster.
They did load the bases with 2 outs in the top of the 9th after a Coghlan single and walks by Schwarber and Bryant, but Denorfia made the final out to end the threat and the game.