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Well, that was the game that the Cubs were most likely to lose. And they did, though in truth they had plenty of chances. These things happen. Cade Horton was great and he and Paul Skenes should be hooking up like this for years to come.

It’s a GOOD thing, Anthony. My baby blue PCA jersey arrived last night. That’s a GOOD thing, too:

The Cubs should win the next two. I love these lunchtime starts. Day baseball is the best.

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Tom Prizeman (Marquee Sports Network*): MLB players rate Craig Counsell, Cubs highly in anonymous survey. “… a new MLB anonymous player survey published by The Athletic {$}.
Paul Sullivan (Chicago Tribune* {$}): Craig Counsell doing his best Don Zimmer imitation — and his impact on Chicago Cubs’ success is real. “Counsell is honest enough to admit he doesn’t have all the answers…”
Alex Stumpf (MLB.com*): Stellar defense, pitching help lift Bucs past Cubs in extras. “Skenes was not as sharp as we’ve seen this year, but he was still able to turn in five scoreless innings…” Andy Martinez has more.
Andy Martinez (Marquee Sports Network*): Cubs’ Cade Horton goes toe-to-toe with Paul Skenes in pitcher’s duel. “I’m not scared of the moment,” Horton said. Vinnie Duber has more* {$}. Sahadev Sharma has more {$}. Jordan Bastian joins the throng.
Patrick Mooney (The Athletic {$}): Where would the Chicago Cubs be right now without Jameson Taillon? “That is, fortunately, only a hypothetical…”
Andy Martinez (Marquee Sports Network*): Ian Happ’s scouting on Cubs reliever Ryan Pressly helped him regain mojo. “You got to be humble in this game or you’re going to get humbled,” Pressly said. Bleacher Nation has more.
Casey Drotter (MLB.com*): High? Low? How to pitch to PCA? Don’t know. “I’m ready to play every day,” Crow-Armstrong said.

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