The Losers' Club

Faithful, Too: "Game 52 L and Game 53 W: Near Comeback & Complete Comeback"

Added 2025-05-26 17:34:12 +0000 UTC

Was out and about Saturday and Sunday during both Cubs games against the Reds. Saturday had a similar scenario as Tuesday's: Kait and I en route to a concert at Thalia Hall. Would there be a similar breakout inning to that Tuesday onslaught against the home team Marlins? Alas, the Cubs came up short. After a Carson Kelly homer in the top of the 9th to cut the Reds' lead down to two runs, Matt Shaw hit what I believe was his 127th double of the past week with only one out. Sadly the Cubbies did not capitalize and lost 6-2. Rea had a bad start, giving up all six of the Reds runs in only five innings pitched, including seven hits and three walks. He did have eight K's to strongly resemble a Ben Brown box score.

And speaking of Ben Brown, just another garbage game from him on Sunday. 4 1/3 innings pitched and gave up eight runs on seven hits and two walks, only striking out four. Unlike Rea, this is more or less par for the course for the hard-throwing righty. It's extraordinarily fortunate for him that the Cubs offense has been so strong during his rough outings, and Sunday was no exception.

Down 8-3 with two outs in the top of the 7th, the Cubs began their rally: Three singles and a double cut the Reds lead down to 8-7. The fun continued in the top of the 8th with new Cubs catcher Reese McGuire hitting his second homer of the day (McGuire replaced an injured Amaya). Seems like no matter who is catching for the Cubs, they become automatically awesome in 2025. McGuire hit 11% of his career homers on Sunday, arriving on over 1,000 at bats. Any given Sunday, indeed.

That homer tied it up, then Seiya does what Seiya does these days. His three-run crushed shot to left gave the Cubs an 11-8 lead that they would not relinquish, capping of their biggest comeback of the year. Three days back at Wrigley starting today against the Rockies, whose 9-44 record puts them on track to become the worst MLB of all time. Sweep these suckers.