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- Updated: May 24, 2016
ST. LOUIS — Cubs manager Joe Maddon knows the baseball season has its cycles, and right now the Cubs are scuffling. For the first time this season, they have lost three in a row, dropping a 4-3 decision on Monday night to the Cardinals, who won on Randal Grichuk’s walk-off homer with two outs in the ninth.
“We pitched well, we had good at-bats — unable to drive in a run obviously really hurt us, but it’s another good baseball game,” Maddon said. “Games like that you say, ‘Our pitchers only made one or two mistakes, and they beat you,’ and it’s true. They hit two mistakes out of the ballpark, and we lose.”
The Cardinals tied the score on Matt Adams’ pinch-hit two-run homer off starter John Lackey, who is well aware of the ups and downs of the season. Chicago now has lost eight of its last 12, scoring 16 runs in the losses. From the start of the season through May 14, the Cubs were averaging six runs per game.
The Cubs have opened the season with at least 29 wins in the …
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