The Cubs dumped two games in a row to the Giants, one because Ryan Pressly couldn’t retire any batters and the other because the offense forgot how to score runs. If there’s a silver lining, it’s that we’ve seen this team bounce back quite nicely from previous embarrassing losses and cold stretches. They’ve also played their best baseball in series openers, so maybe Friday night in Queens will follow suit.
Jameson Taillon has pitched very well since giving up six runs in his season debut, and he has now held opponents to two or fewer runs in each of his last four starts.