2021-05-31 — Our first post-COVID game! (Attendance limited to 60%) And it was fantastic! Javy and Wisdom each hit TWO HR's; KB added another. Cubs ended May with a 19-8 record; best since '77 and moved into 1st. And we were featured on the video board! See the "Photos and Mementos" page for more details.
2021-07-24 — Arizona has the worst record in baseball (30-69), and the wind was blowing straight out at 20 mph on a sweltering day. But they hit 2 HRs to our one. A 99 minute rain delay after the top of the 9th just added insult to injury.
2021-08-12 — A rare stinker of a performance by Hendricks. He gave up 11 runs in 4+ innings ! Once again, our offense was anemic. The "highlight" of the afternoon was when the game was way out of reach and Andrew Romine pitched the 9th and the catcher was his brother Austin Romine!
2021-08-21 — The Royals built a 4-0 lead as pitcher Kris Bubic had a no-hitter through 6 innings. Then there was a 34 minute rain delay. Surprisingly, he came out for the 7th inning and issued a lead off walk to Schwindel. Then Wisdom (predictably) hit one into the left field bleachers. Alas, that was the Cubs only hit of the day! The game also marked their 12th straight home loss, tying their all-time record.
2021-09-11 — The "Return of Kris Bryant" weekend continued. And it was another blowout. When the dust had settled, the Cubs had given up 13 hits and 11 walks! In a less heralded return, Tommy LaStella went 3-6 with 5 rbis.
2022-06-28 — Em and Freddie (his first game at Wrigley) on a perfect night for besbol. Pefect except for Castillo who struck out 11 Cubs (including 7 straight at one point).
2022-07-16 — Cubs pitchers held the Mets to 4 hits and struck them out 16 times in 11 innings, but it wasn't good enough as they continued their woeful season. It was also our first game experiencing the extra-inning "ghost" runner (the Manfred Man) on 2nd base.
2022-08-20 — The first half of the game was a pitcher's duel. Then Willy put us on top. Great defense by Nico. Then the action started late: the Cubs tied it in the 9th, each team scored a run in the 10th, the Brewers scored one in the 11th, and then we won thanks to Willy's two out single!
2022-09-10 — In the top of the 2nd inning, Stro balked with a man on third! In the bottom of the 2nd, Rivas hit a triple to right and the relay throw got past the 3rd baseman and went into the dugout, so he scored. Two crazy plays that you rarely see in one inning! The highlight of the day was not the game, but rather the induction into the Cubs Hall of Fame of Pat Hughes, Jose Cardenal, and Buck O'Neil.
2023-06-30 — A hot muggy day, with smoke from Canadian fires, and a rare in-person laugher! Steele was great, and the bats came alive pounding out 13 hits. One highlight was Madrigal's first HR as a Cub, and first in 348 Abs! Also, our first game with the pitch clock.
2023-07-16 — Our first time seeing the Red Sox at Wrigley. Tauchamn led off the bottom of the 1st with a single, and that was our only hit until the 8th! Meanwhile, Steele (making his first start since pitching in the All Star Game) was rocked. The score is misleading; it was 11 - 0 after 7.5. We finally got on the board with 4 straight walks to open the 8th. Also noteworthy: the scorecard is an homage to one from 1954!
2023-08-04 — After scoring 41 runs in the previous 3 games (against the Reds), we were ready for more offense. Hendricks and Fried were BOTH perfect through 3. Then Kyle had a complete meltdown: 7 runs on 8 hits in the 4th! After that, then pen held them to 1 run on 3 hits. But we did nothing on our side. And for our second game in a row, Barnhart came in to pitch...never a good thing.
2023-09-10 — The Cubs salvaged the final game of the series (and gained in the Wild Card standings) with very good pitching and 3 HRs in the 3rd: a leadoff by Morel, and then back-to-back 2 out dingers by Bellinger and Swanson. Plus: Grace and Dunston were inducted into the Cubs HOF!
2024-04-20 — The gametime temp was 43 with a 15 mph wind from the north, so it felt much colder! And the Cubs' bats were cold too, as they struck out 12 times! In spite of that, we took a 2-1 lead into the ninth. It did not last long, though, as Alzolay gave up a single and a HR. A rally in the bottom of the inning fizzled out.
2024-07-04 — In the midst of a gut-wrenching season, the bats finally came alive! Happ had a career day with 2 3-run homers (one from each side of the plate!) and a single and a double.
2024-08-03 — A crazy game! Wind blowing in from the north at 15 - 20 mph, but that didn't stop the Cubs from hitting 2 HR's in a 5-run second inning. In the 3rd, the Cards got one back on a bases loaded walk! In the 8th, the Cibs pitchers struck out the side….but also issued SIX walks! All Cards runs on walks! In the 9th, Seiya led off with a double. Then, he strayed far off base, the pitcher tried to pick him off and threw the ball into CF...runs scores! Crazy.
2024-09-07 — This series marked the return of Rizzo to Wrigley (the last of the 2016 core to do so) and the Cubs HOF induction of Aramis Ramirez and Kerry Wood.
During a season in which Judge and Soto have dominated, the Cubs pitching really held them down. Of course a 15 mph win blowing straight in helped do so. Each team managed just 4 hits, and both Yankee runs were tainted (a wild pitch and pick-off throwing error), but for the second day in a row the Cubs were shut out.
2024-09-21 — The Cubs were almost completely shut down, getting no hits until Wisdom's 7th inning HR. A single by Swanson in the 9th was our only other safety. (See 8/21/21). A few hours later, when the Mets won their game, we were officially eliminated (again) form a post-season berth.
A crazy series! The scores were 3-2, 1-2 (10 innings), 2-1, 3-2 (10 innings)! So Cubs scored 8 runs and they scored 7…and Cubs took 3 of 4! This game started out badly, as the first 4 Pirates hit rockets…3 of them for hits, and they scored 2 runs. Cubs came right back and scored 2 in their half of the inning. After that....nothing! At one point, the Pirates retired 16 straight Cubs. Our defense was great, and the wind kept several balls in the park (for each team). The Cubs rallied with 2 outs in the 9th, but Turner grounded out. In the 10th, the Bucs walked Tucker, but then a double steal set up the game winning hit by Happ. So it was a HAPPy Father's Day!
The Fourth of July fireworks came early as the Cubs set a team record with 8 home runs! They also set or tied records for most home runs in the first 3 innings, and the first time 2 players had TWO HR's each in the first 3 innings! Also, became one of 5 teams to have MULTIPLE B2Bs in one game! Busch ended up getting 3 HR's. Pete went 4 for 4. Meanwhile, the Cards only managed 1 hit through 8 innings (and it was also a HR!) as Rea dominated. Oddly, Counsell had Berti pitch the 9th. After giving up two hits and walking in a run, he finally got the third out. (Go to the Miscellany page to see a video recap of this explosive game!)
A game of missed opportunities. The Cubs left at least one in each of the first 6 innings. Meanwhile, Horton held the Sox to 2 hits and no runs. Then three successive relievers each gave up a HR! The killer was Bregman's 3 run shot into the wind.
Once again, Shota turned in a stellar performance. His only blemish was a 4th inning HR to Pham. The Cubs have been in a run-scoring drought, and today was another example. Nico came up twice with men on and 2 outs, and though he put it in play, no results. In the eighth, the Pirates actually walked Happ intentionally to bring up Nico! This time he made them pay with a hit for a key insurance run.
This was a Tale of Two Games. The Braves dominated the first 4.5 innings, eventually building up a 6-1 lead. Then the Cubs took over. Civale, making his Cubs debut, went 3 innings and gave up 1 hit (and 4 consecutive Ks). The Cubs began chipping away: a 2-run double by Dansby, a solo shot by Happ. In the 8th, Happ got a single and Kelly tied it up with a HR! Keller and Kittredge continued to hold them down. In the 10th, Kelly came up with 2 outs and Seiya on third and sliced a beautiful single to left! Walk off win!
The final game of the regular season! The Cubs are the top Wild Card team; the Cards finished under .500. And on this beautiful Fall day, each team had 6 hits and 9 K's. But a Suzuki HR and Ballesteros RBI hit along with stellar pitching by Assad (5.1 IP) and Wicks (3 IP) were enough to get the sweep and their 92nd win of the year!
A must win for the Cubs (down 2-0 in the best of 5) starts with a Yelich HR on the 2nd pitch! But Busch answered in the bottom of the first with his second LOHR of the series! Then a Nico hit, a couple of walks and a 2-run single by Pete followed by a run producing wild pitch and the Cubs put up 4! The Brewers kept chipping away anbd the Cubs had several missed opportunities to add on and ultimately Keller locked it down.