Rahimi, Harris & Grote Show
The Dansby Doubleheader: Swanson has 11-RBI day as Cubs take two from Mets
25 Jun 2026
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Chapter 1: What happened in the Cubs' doubleheader against the Mets?
This is Rahimi Harrison-Grody on 104.3 The Score. Excellent work by Tyler Biederbaugh, as usual. Ray Diaz, one of our producers as well. They are a team. I feel like we watched 15 hours of baseball yesterday. Marshall, we got off work early. We had our shorty of the year, our one shorty show, the East Coast early Cubs game.
And then we proceeded to watch nothing but baseball for the rest of the day. As long as we were also flipping with the NBA draft where we found out everybody ever got traded in the second round. Cash considerations is back. And in the meantime, Dansby Swanson. Have a nice, what, month yesterday? Have a nice week yesterday? 11 RBI in the doubleheader for Dansby.
Of all the people who needed that, man, that was one.
The crazy part is, Layla, a week ago, this man had the worst batting average in all of baseball amongst qualified players, tied with Manny Machado with a 175 average. That was a week ago. Manny Machado. That was a week ago. Seriously, that was a week ago. And now, because of what he's done since then, he has a six-game hitting streak, by the way, 11 for his last 23.
And I actually think that that's valid to this.
Yes, and if you can't get fat off of bad teams and bad pitching, then you don't understand how the backs of baseball cards are actually created. And you have to take advantage when you take on bad teams. And the Mets might be the worst team. And think about who they just faced. But the Mets might be the worst team because Juan Soto was immediately stricken from the record, right?
They might be the worst team that they face all season.
This was Francisco Lindor's return, too, in the late game. You know, Francisco, everybody was hyped for Francisco Lindor returning in the late game. And Francisco Lindor is an infielder? Well, he was one of all four Mets infielders who committed errors in this game to the tune of six total.
Like, we were laughing because the game before, so this is the Tuesday night game, they were booing Kodai Senga. And then you were like, Kodai Senga deserved to get booed. He did. We were laughing about it.
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Chapter 2: How did Dansby Swanson achieve 11 RBIs in one day?
And then the boo birds really came out. And then they started chanting Pete Alonso. The Cubs did a number on those Mets, man.
And then they had a washout with a makeup game a couple of days later. Of course, nobody that was originally scheduled to go to the game could really make. So then you've got a bunch of Norwegians making all the noise and thinking that Dansby Swanson is the greatest baseball player ever because the man went with a grand slam and a three-run homer in the same game.
He has 15 RBI in the series, which, Layla, that's the most... runs that anyone's ever driven in against the Mets in a series ever.
I mean, take your pick as to insane stat when it came to just what happened in that doubleheader yesterday. Like we mentioned, every member of the Mets infield committed an error. I am sure, just knowing what I know about the S&Y broadcast, like... I'm sure it was on fire. I can't imagine Gary Cohen and Keith Hernandez acting any other way.
He mentioned it on SNY, Cohen did, that the Mets had errors by all four infielders for the first time since September 8th, 1962.
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Chapter 3: What struggles did Dansby Swanson face before the doubleheader?
Felix Mantia, Charlie Neal, Rodney Neal, and marvelous Marv Thornberry did it against the Houston Colt 45s.
Not the Colt 45s. Not the Houston Billy Dee Williams.
Do we have the montage of the Mets errors? Let's do it.
3-2 to Suzuki. And the sweeper hit on the ground is short. Runner has to hold. It's bobbled by Lindor. And Lindor commits an error on the first play. Hits sharply. Semi to his left. Knocks it down. Still has time. And the throw is off line. He flies this one to shallow right. Angling in Beatty, going out is Simeon, and Simeon can't make the catch.
He recovers, now drops it again, and runners are safe at first and second.
Okay, we know about Marcus Simeon, though.
Grounded to third, backing off is Bichette, and he has trouble getting it out of his glove, and Ramirez is safe. Hits sharply and a nice diving stop by Vientos. The other hand flip goes by the pitcher and that'll bring in a run as Ramirez comes in to score. And he hits it sharply at Vientos and he boots it for yet another error. Unbelievable.
Oh my goodness. SNY broadcast was on one. And then they were extra upset that PCA was succeeding. Didn't the phrase worst trade ever get uttered? They were on 10. Like, I love that broadcast so much. They do such a tremendous job and they're exemplary in our business. And I had a feeling they were going to be... They were going to be offended by what they saw yesterday.
No, it was offensive if you were a Mets fan, for sure. You said best stat to come out of yesterday. What's your favorite one?
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Chapter 4: Why are Mets' errors significant in this doubleheader?
Oh, it's oh, it's worse. Oh, it's getting worse. Oh, it's getting worse. So for me, it was definitely it was definitely just the that's baseball ish vibe of having the multiple errors. Six is insane.
The great thing is the Cubs are finally taking full advantage of facing bad teams. Now, this is their third series win in a row, so they're starting to get things going. But it was very disappointing watching what happened at the beginning of the month, whether you want to talk about the A's or the Rockies and the Giants the first time through and losing those series.
But the stat that jumps out at me, and which is the one that should be the headline today, is this. Dansby Swanson now leads the Cubs in runs driven in. Does that say more about Dansby Swanson's ridiculous six-game tear that he's on, or does it say more about where the Cubs are as an offense and the lull that they went through?
And they're clearly out of, because they're averaging 10 runs a game over their last six.
Yeah, and they've scored six. They've had, what, six in a row of at least six runs? In all six of those games, yes. But you're right. It's both. Because you never want one good day like, oh, water has found its level. That's not what we mean when we say that. You know, you want water to find its level when you're trailing and you need the lead in a crucial ballgame.
You want water to find its level when there's runners on base, which happened yesterday for him. The Grand Slam is a good example. What you also want is the bottom of your lineup to produce. And that happened as well. Alex Bregman ends up playing in the late game, by the way. That was something that we wanted to know if that was going to happen, if he was going to get the full day off.
He did not. But I think, Marshall, to your point, it says more about, number one, This Cubs offense not producing enough runs. And then number two, what can happen when a guy who you pay a lot of money to gets hot enough and now he's batting 202? And is that good enough for what I need right now?
Yep.
It has to be.
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Chapter 5: What records did Dansby Swanson set during the series?
at least as far as numbers are concerned. And now, you know, we consider it the all-star break, but that's not really what it is mathematically. So the nice part, too, Marshall, about all of this is here we are talking about Dansby Swanson and the Cubs taking advantage of Mets errors ad nauseum when Shody Imanaga was just letting them fly yesterday.
He gave up three home runs and had to wear those. Shh.
Do we have to talk about that?
No, we do, because that was part of this. And here's the thing. We had a texter mention this yesterday. Our number is 312-644-6767. But, you know, we joke about the Bears plan might having to be like Big 12, like you're winning every game 50 to 48. Well, you might have to win every ball game six to five. Because the 2-1 plan's out the window with all these pitching injuries.
So you had to start hitting somewhere and to take advantage of the Mets, and they're still undefeated in the season series against this team. That was as encouraging as anything. Hard to win both games of a doubleheader.
And the fact that you've already clenched the series, you go for a sweep tonight, and after they play this game, it'll be their 81st game. We could start to talk about the real halfway through, right? And that's important because the schedule is about to get a lot more difficult. Yeah.
And you've got to be able to hit against the Brewers this weekend because it's hard for me to put my goggles on and say, I can see the path where the Cubs outpitch the Brewers this weekend and get starters to go six, seven innings. That's probably not going to happen. And you have to start thinking, what do the Cubs need to do from here on out? What is actually...
Can you replicate from the last six games when they've put up 59 runs?
And the number one thing you say, at least right now, is Dansby Swanson's approach at the plate. Whatever you were doing, and we understand that there were some adjustments that were made with hitting coach John Maley. Well, then keep him up. Keep him up. What did he zoom in on? What did he focus in on? And I think we might find those answers as this wears on, as the season goes on.
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