Cubs Fall To Reds 8-2
The Cubs have lost six of their last seven.
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The Cubs have lost six of their last seven.
Darwin Barney and Welington Castillo hit two-run homers and Mike Olt added a solo shot as the Chicago Cubs broke out of a weeklong offensive funk and beat the Cincinnati Reds 8-4 Saturday.
For the first time since taking residency on Chicago's North Side, Cubs skipper Rick Renteria was visibly frustrated about a loss.
Cubs manager Rickey Renteria is doing his best to cajole and push his players to better performance levels.
The song remains the same for hard-luck starter Jeff Smardzija.
Alfredo Simon lowered his ERA to 0.86, and the Cincinnati Reds beat the Chicago Cubs 4-1 Friday for their 16th win in their last 17 games at Wrigley Field.
Cubs manager Rick Renteria knew run production would be an issue in 2014. Plenty of good starting pitching has been wasted in the team's 4-10 start to the season.
So do they do shootouts? What about shootouts? Those in the playoffs or no? Shootouts after five minutes, or do they just keep going, or what?
It appears that the Cubs may have figured out a solution to their lack of a closer: Just never lead again.
Michael Pineda followed an overpowering outing by Masahiro Tanaka with one of his own, pitching six innings of four-hit ball as the New York Yankees beat the Chicago Cubs 2-0 on a bitterly cold Wednesday night to complete its first doubleheader shutout sweep since 1987.
