Chicago CubsvsSeattle Mariners
CHC 4/SEA 5
Things to say
The Mariners edged the Cubs 5-4 at T-Mobile Park.
01
opener
Mariners took it 5-4, went down to the wire. Cubs had chances late and just couldn't cash. One-run games always come down to the pen.
02
key player
Give it to whoever anchored that Seattle bullpen — slamming the door on the heart of Chicago's order in a one-run game is the whole ballgame.
03
hot take
Cubs are 74-56 and they're dropping this one to a sub-.500 club? That's a team that's coasting, not a contender.
04
deep cut
This was a getaway day in Seattle and it showed — sloppy, close, exactly the kind of game the better team lets slip.
05
exit
Anyway, Cubs are still sitting pretty in the standings. Let's see if they wake up next series.
The recap
Seattle nipped the Cubs 5-4 in a one-run nail-biter at T-Mobile Park, the kind of game that swings on a single swing. Chicago came in as the class of the matchup at 74-56, but the Mariners scratched and clawed to grab the lead and then leaned on the bullpen to slam the door.
It was a back-and-forth grind where nobody could pull away, and Seattle just made the last big play. Tough one for the Cubs to drop against a sub-.500 club, but that's baseball on a getaway day.