If you’re reading this, I must offer my heartfelt congratulations on surviving the 24 hours or so that the Cubs fell out of first place. It was a harrowing period that can only be described as apocalypse-adjacent, but we all emerged on the other side. Well, most of us. Looks like Ozzy Osbourne just couldn’t take the Brewers’ rise to the top. RIP, Prince of Darkness.
Matthew Boyd tossed his third straight scoreless outing and fourth in his last five games to lower his ERA to 2.20 on the season. He’s riding an active streak of 23 scoreless innings and has allowed only two earned runs over his last 34 frames.