Look out, the Chicago Cubs are on a heater. They’ve now won three series in a row, which included a massive five-game set against the first-place Milwaukee Brewers. The X-factor in the Cubs’ latest hot streak has been thier superb starting pitching, which has posted the lowest ERA in baseball (2.83) in the month of August. They are also issuing the fewest HR/9 (home runs per 9 innings) with 0.79 and the second-fewest BB/9 (walks per 9 innings) with 2.51 during that span, according to Fangraphs.
Prior to this recent hot streak, the Cubs had lost four of their previous five series and the entire offense was mired in a collective slump.