Cubs Historical Heroes and Goats, part 22

Despite dropping two of three to the Dodgers to finish the last homestand, the Cubs managed four wins in seven games. That pushed their recent string of success to 14 wins in 22 games. That had them back knocking on the door to first place.

This next challenge would be a big one though. A three-city, nine-game trip. All three stops against teams with winning records. Two of those teams fighting you (and each other) for one playoff spot. It would be a huge ask to win five or more on the nine game trip. But even just a half game out of first place, and with no juggernaut in division, you still had to think four wins was pretty much the floor.

The team absolutely had to keep itself within…