All good things must come to an end, or at least that’s how the saying goes. Although the ending may not have been what fans had hoped for, most would still classify the Cubs’ 2025 season as moderately successful. They won 92 regular-season games and added four more in the postseason while pushing the Brewers to the brink after being left for dead. We’ll look at the overall season some other time, but our focus now is on what went wrong Saturday night.
As much as people may want to blame the pitching, allowing three runs in a game with such high stakes is quite impressive.