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Chicago Cubs: Magic number remains at five as Cubs lose, Brewers win

Well, that’s not the foot you’d hoped the Chicago Cubs would get off on to open the final homestand of the regular season. After the offense hung crooked numbers on both Saturday and Sunday, the bats went quiet in the opener against the Pittsburgh Pirates on Monday evening.

The lone tally? Well, that came via a Cole Hamels solo home run to dead center off Jameson Taillon in the bottom of the third. Pittsburgh scored twice in the first off the Chicago left-hander and never looked back, adding insurance runs in the sixth, seventh and ninth, as well.