Game 84 - Wednesday Night, July 7th in Philadelphia
Record - 41-43, Tied for 3rd Place, 4 1/2 games behind the Mets
One Sentence Summary: Thanks in part to a costly error from Didi Gregorius and a relatively shaky outing from Zack Wheeler, the Cubs snapped their 11-game losing streak with this 8-3 win.
What It Means: The Phillies will go for the series win tonight behind Zach Eflin.
What Happened: The Cubs took a 3-0 lead in the first when Gregorius couldn't cleanly field a ground ball. The Cubs offense followed with four singles (three of them not even hit that hard) as they nearly batted around. Two more Cubs runs followed in the fifth, but the Phillies were able to improve the score to 5-3 with an RBI double from Bryce Harper and a two-run home run from Andrew McCutchen in the sixth. They could have possibly scored more, but Alec Bohm was caught over sliding second base, resulting in the final out of the inning. Wheeler and reliever Connor Brogdon failed to have a shut-down inning in the bottom of the sixth and the Cubs scored three more runs.
Featured Card: After a dreadful start, McCutchen has his season average up to .233. He's second on the team with 48 RBIs and he's tied for second on the team with 15 home runs.
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