Photo by Justin Casterline/Getty ImagesThe Cubs lost to the Pirates 3-2 Wednesday evening at Wrigley Field, ending their four-game winning streak.
That makes the team record in one-run games 3-9. In all other games they’re 12-12.
I’m not going to post a full article on why I think this is happening or why it’s significant. I just think it’s interesting that this year’s Cubs seemingly do well enough when the game isn’t close, but can’t win when it is. The run differential in one-run games is (obviously) -6, 42 scored, 48 allowed. That means in the 24 other games, the team’s run differential is +10 (106 scored, 96 allowed), for an overall differential of +4. The Pythagorean formula says that’s…
