This has been a difficult Cubs season filled with many, many losses.
It took until now, though, before I was disgusted with one of those losses.
The Cubs’ poor play in the eighth and ninth innings ruined what might have been a solid victory over the Cardinals; instead, it was another dispiriting defeat, 8-5, and the Cardinals have now won 15 in a row.
So, let’s go back to the beginning.
Adrian Sampson threw three pretty good innings, marred only by a home run by Harrison Bader, who is rapidly becoming a Cubs-killer of this era.