The Chicago Cubs improved to 31-31 on the 2024 campaign last night with a 7-6 win over the Chicago White Sox (15-47). The Cubs won both home games in Chicago’s Crosstown Classic with back-to-back comeback victories and handed the White Sox their 13th straight loss.

On Tuesday night at Wrigley Field the Cubs found themselves down 5-0 in the 4th inning to the last place Southsiders. Luckily for the Cubs, the game went into a 42 minute rain delay and the Northsiders were able to reset. The comeback started in the bottom of the 5th with an RBI double by Dansby Swanson. Christopher Morel cranked a 403 ft 2-run HR in the 6th to cut the deficit to 5-3. In that same inning, Craig Counsell called on Patrick Wisdom to pinch hit with a runner on first. Wisdom answered the call by ripping a 2-run HR that ignited the crowd and tied the ball game at 5-5. Luis Robert Jr. answered right back in the top of the 7th with a 448 ft moonshot and the Cubs found themselves trailing 6-5. Ian Happ came up clutch in bottom of the 8th with a 2-run RBI double and gave the Cubs their first lead of the night 7-6. The Cubs were able to hold onto their 1 run lead thanks to Hector Neris, who earned his 8th save of the year.

Wednesday night at Wrigley was Deja Vu as the Cubs found themselves down 5-1 in the 4th yet again. This time the comeback was earned by two sacrifice outs by Cody Bellinger, a called Balk, and a Wild Pitch. But as the saying goes… they don’t ask how, the ask how many. The Cubs were able to take a 6-5 lead in the 7th by another clutch RBI by Ian Happ. Yet again, the Sox tied the game up with a solo HR by Paul Dejong off of Hayden Wesneski. The scene was set for a dramatic ending with the game tied at 6 in the bottom of the 9th. Mike Tauchman was leading off in the bottom of the 9th when he took a 1-0 pitch by Kopech deep to center and won the game on a walk-off HR.

The Good News

• The Cubs showed a ton of fight and won two games they should’ve lost
• Ian Happ is back! After early season struggles it seems like Happer is feeling like himself at the plate
• Patrick Wisdom showed how dangerous he can be against Left-Handed Pitchers with a clutch pinch-hit HR in Tuesday’s win
• The Brewers were swept by the Phillies this week and Cubs climb to 5 games back in the NL Central

The Bad News

• The Cubs gave up 12 runs in 2 games to the worst offensive team in Major League Baseball
• Shota Imanaga only got through 4 and 1/3 innings on Tuesday and gave up 7 hits and 5 runs (only 1 ER)
• Jameson Taillon was hit around by the White Sox giving up 10 hits and 5 runs in Wednesday’s game
• The Cubs Defense continues to struggle. Christopher Morel made a crucial error at 3B in Tuesday’s game and still does not look comfortable at the position. Seiya Suzuki has not looked himself in RF this season and continues to be unable to throw runners out at Homeplate.
• Hayden Wesneski gave up two crucial HRs in both his appearances in the two game series

What’s Next?

The Chicago Cubs are heading to Great American Ballpark to take on the Cincinnati Red-Hots. The Reds have won 7 out of their last 10 games including a series win over the Cubs at Wrigley Field and a recent sweep of the Colorado Rockies. The Cubs will need to use the momentum they gained from these dramatic wins to try and get a series win in Cincinnati. On Thursday Night Javier Assad will face Hunter Greene in the first of four in Ohio, Go Cubs!

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