Wednesday notes…
- THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE UGLY: From April 14-May 8, the Cubs won 20 of 23 games. Tonight’s game will be their 23rd since then. They have won five. A loss tonight would complete their first 5-18 span 2021, when they did it June 14-July 8, then nine overlapping times between July 21 and Aug. 29. They were 5-18 in at least six spans in 2012, four in 2010, 10 in 2006 and 13 in 2000. The Cubs’ last 6-17 spans were in 2022, when they two overlapping sets of two. They had 13 in 2021 and five in 2013. (Courtesy BCB’s JohnW53)
- A WEIRD HOME/ROAD SPLIT: Cubs now are 7-6 at home vs. the Athletics — and 10-2 at Oakland (7-2) and Sacramento (3-0). The Cubs lost the opener of three games at home against the A’s twice before: the first two times they met at Wrigley Field, in 2004 and 2010. Each time, the Cubs won the next two games to take the series. (Courtesy BCB’s JohnW53)
- SIGNS OF LIFE IN PCA: Pete Crow-Armstrong is on a seven-game hitting streak in which he is batting .367/.441/.567 (11-for-30) with three doubles, a home run and five runs scored. His OPS of .718 is at its highest level since May 8 (.721).
- TODAY IN CUBS HISTORY: Ken Holtzman throws the second no-hitter of his career as the Cubs defeat the Reds in Cincinnati 1-0. Holtzman also scores the only run of the game after reaching on an error. It happened 55 years ago today, Thursday, June 3, 1971.
Cubs lineup:
Athletics lineup:
Colin Rea, RHP vs. Jeffrey Springs, LHP
Colin Rea hit a bit of a rough patch early in May but his last two starts were at least decent. That’s what we expect from him, right?
Rea threw the last three innings of the Cubs’ 18-3 thrashing of the A’s March 31, 2025 in Sacramento, allowing four hits and no runs. In doing so he picked
up a save, one of three he has in his career.
No A’s batter has more than five at-bats against him, and that’s Brent Rooker, who’s 3-for-5 with a home run. Stop Rooker and this could be a fine evening of pitching.
Jeffrey Springs is the A’s best starter so far this year… which isn’t saying much. He has a 4.07 ERA and 1.191 WHIP in 66.1 innings, with 12 home runs allowed. He can usually be counted on for giving his team six innings, though, as he’s gone that many or more six times in 12 starts.
Last year against the Cubs, April 2, 2025 in Sacramento, Springs allowed five runs (four earned) in three innings, including a home run by Seiya Suzuki.
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