Thursday notes…
- IT HAS BEEN 14 YEARS: The Cubs have not been swept in a series at Colorado since Sept. 25-27, 2012, when they lost by 10-5, 6-0 and 7-5. This is their 13th series there since that sweep. They lost two games, then won the finale in 2019 and 2024. The Cubs have been swept in four total series at Denver. The three before 2012 were two games and four games in 1997, then three games in 2010. (Courtesy BCB’s JohnW53)
- TWO IS RARELY ENOUGH: The Cubs scored only two runs last night. It was their seventh game with exactly two, and the fourth they have lost. They are 1-7 with one run and have been shut out seven times, so they are 4-18 with two or fewer runs — and 30-16 with three or more. (Courtesy BCB’s JohnW53)
- MORE ON THE LACK OF OFFENSE: In their last five games, the Cubs have scored 12 runs: three in three games, two in one and one in one. They have scored in only 10 of 47 innings, and produced multiple runs in only two, both with two runs. They have scored more than two runs in an inning only once in their last 10 games: the four-run, ninth-inning rally that beat the Athletics, 7-6, last Thursday. (Courtesy BCB’s JohnW53)
- TODAY IN CUBS HISTORY: Jody Davis hits his first MLB home run and the Cubs defeat the Giants 6-1 at Wrigley Field. It’s the team’s fifth win in their last six games after a 10-36 start to the season. It’s also the last game before a players’ strike that would last nearly two months and wipe out a third of the season. This game happened 45 years ago today, Thursday, June 11, 1981.
For the third day in a row, the Cubs lineup was not available at posting time. Honestly I have no idea why it takes this long, why they can’t do this by two hours to game time. Anyway, please check BCB social media for the Cubs lineup.
Rockies lineup:
Edward Cabrera, RHP vs. Ryan Feltner, RHP
Edward Cabrera’s last start was… oh, I won’t be charitable. It was awful. He allowed three home runs and eight runs in fewer than four innings, the first time he’d ever allowed eight runs in a game.
The last time he pitched in Coors Field was Aug. 26, 2024 and he allowed three runs in 5.1 innings. Honestly, doing that today would be a significant improvement over last time out.
Ryan Feltner missed most of 2025 with back and shoulder issues and also missed five weeks earlier this year with ulnar nerve inflammation.
He’s made two starts since returning and both were very good — in total, 12 innings pitched, five hits and one run allowed.
He has not faced the Cubs since Sept. 18, 2022 and I post that boxscore link mostly for amusement value, because there’s only one position player from that lineup still on the team (Ian Happ). Current Cubs are a very small sample size 2-for-16 against him.
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