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Cubs 7, Padres 1: Now that’s more like it
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Shutdown starting pitching? Check.
Home runs from Cubs batters? Check.
All of that meshed well Tuesday night in San Diego and the Cubs defeated the Padres 7-1, giving them a chance to actually win this series Wednesday afternoon. (More on that later.)
Zach Davies, who’s been very good since the beginning of May, was excellent on this night against his 2020 team. He allowed just one hit, a fourth-inning single by Fernando Tatis Jr., issued two walks and struck out four. Davies really isn’t a strikeout pitcher he’s struck out four or more just four times in 12 starts this year but he was pounding the zone really well in this game:
Cubs 4, Giants 3: Unconventional Wisdom
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I have to say this, and please forgive me.
Patrick Wisdom: You are
ridiculous!
The player who was discarded by the Cardinals and two other teams smashed two home runs Sunday, leading the Cubs to a 4-3 win over the Giants, salvaging the final game of the four-game series in San Francisco.
I’ll get to all the good stuff about Wisdom in a moment, but now let’s rewind to the beginning of this game. It didn’t start out well Kyle Hendricks got touched up for a pair of runs in the first inning, one of them a home run by LaMonte Wade Jr. on the first pitch Kyle threw.