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Cubs tested as they battle through hit slump
- Updated: September 10, 2016
HOUSTON — Owning baseball’s best record at 90-51 and closing in on a clinch of the National League Central certainly doesn’t mean the Cubs are immune to hitting slumps. And their offense has indeed been in short supply recently, exemplified in a 2-1 loss to the Astros on Saturday afternoon at Minute Maid Park.
It was the third consecutive game that the Cubs — who scored their 700th run, ranking third-most in the Majors before Saturday’s action was complete — couldn’t score more than two runs in a game. Chicago’s two hits also tied its second-lowest total for any game this season, behind only a 5-0 one-hit loss to the Dodgers on May 31.
“It’s baseball,” Cubs designated hitter Miguel Montero said. “Anything can happen.”
A prime example of their struggles came in the ninth, when pinch-runner Matt Szczur, the potential tying run, …
