Cubs' losing streak reaches 10 games ... when will it end?

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What are the details surrounding the Cubs' current losing streak?

Leila Rahimi 0:00

This is Rahimi Harrison-Grody on 104.3 The Score. And the sad part is even that probably feels better than this stupid 10-game losing streak.

Mark Grote 0:09

It reached 10. Double digits. This is a significant day. 10 straight losses. That negates, by the way, in my brain. I was talking about this last night. I was out. I said this negates one of the 10-game winning streaks.

How did the Cubs' performance against the Pirates impact their season?

Mark Grote 0:23

You still have one that is left, but this takes it away. It has neutralized one of the two 10-game winning streaks.

Leila Rahimi 0:29

I mean, that's it. Congratulations. The money in the bank has run dry. And you're right. That's kind of how we have to look at it. Now, the last team to do something like this, have the 10-game win streak, the 10-game losing streak, was the 2017 Dodgers who, yada, yada, yada, maybe if the Astros hadn't banged on some trash cans, won a World Series. You know, another one.

Mark Grote 0:52

They won the pennant that year, the Dodgers did, and they lost to the Cheating Astros.

Leila Rahimi 0:55

Was a great World Series, but the point is that doesn't really help us in this state of things right now. The other part is, unfortunately, Mark, you and I did the thing that I think all of us do. When we're trying to find answers to why a team is struggling, whether it's asking for your backup quarterback at times or asking for a different left tackle candidate or it's asking for perhaps a different guy to come off of the bench, you know, maybe your sixth man should start at a various position. We ask, what of Jordan Wicks? And in the first inning, he let you know. Unfortunately, Jordan Hicks had to wear that one. Five runs allowed to the Pirates in the bottom of the first inning. Welcome back to the big leagues.

Leila Rahimi 1:42

Now, he did settle down after that. And I give him credit because I feel like as much as we, Mark, had been waiting to see him, He had probably been waiting for this moment to get back to get another opportunity tenfold, twentyfold, hundredfold. But unfortunately, when things are bad, it just felt like at that point it was going from bad to worse.

Mark Grote 2:07

He walked the first batter on four pitches. Here I am, kind of excited to see a first-round pick who has just been lost, whether through injury or ineffectiveness. The Cubs scraping the bottom of the... We need you, kid. We need you... First batter, four straight pitches. He walks. They get men on. Then you get the Brian Reynolds two-run double to left, and the whole thing is on. The Valdez home run comes on a 2-2 count with two outs. You're on the verge of getting out of it, and that could change the entire complexion of the game. Ten straight losses, and they give up five. They lost the game in the first inning last night. There was no sign of life from the Chicago Cubs. There is no sign that they are on the verge or close to snapping out of what is now a 10-game losing streak.

Leila Rahimi 3:04

Well, and the frustrating part is, and Mark, you and I talked about this, I'm pretty sure it was off the mic yesterday when you and I were saying to ourselves, even when it was 1-0, the game before last game in Pittsburgh, to start the series when it was 1-0. I felt like that was a frustrating amount of a lead to have to overcome. I'm not even kidding. I'm not trying to exaggerate here.

What were the standout moments from the Cubs' recent game?

Leila Rahimi 3:27

It's just when your team is playing like this, when nobody is hitting, when you can't get guys around, when they're on third base, when the last win was May 15th, it starts to add up for all of us who are watching in a way that can be incredibly frustrating.

Mark Grote 3:47

That's why I prominently mentioned the Brian Reynolds to run double because once that was cracked, it was like, okay, good luck. And then we have to cherish the Cubs' runs. Ian Happ with an RBI double after Alex Bregman. By the way, Alex Bregman, two hits last night. I was listening to the radio pregame yesterday, and Zach, of course, has to do a segment where it's the who's hot and who's cold. Really tough to do that segment right now. And he said what I probably would have done as well. And that was Alex Bregman's on a five game winning streak, I guess, or a hitting streak. So I guess he's hot right now.