Cub Tracks lets it slip away

Here at CUB TRACKS NEWS AND NOTES™, we have news for you. The Cubs played the Brewers last night, in the city beer made famous, and the result was a Cubs loss after Ryan Tepera decided to walk the universe in the eighth and the Brewers decided to have everybody score. There was some Wisdom, though:

Boy, I hate walks. Did I mention that I hate walks? The Cubs walked a lot, but they didn’t score most of them because they weren’t hitting. Al will have the sad story.

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• John Grochowski (Chicago Sun-Times* {$}): Cubs’ combined no-hitter a sign of the times. “We’ve seen a change in how combined no-hitters came about that fits in with an era of fewer hits, more relievers and closer attention to pitch counts.”
• Megan Garcia (MLB.com*): Alzolay labors in LA: ‘Trash it and move on’. “Cubs held in check by Kershaw, lose series.”
• Brett Taylor (Bleacher Nation*): Chicago Cubs sign lefty Tony Cingrani to a minor league deal. “...he only just returned to organized baseball this year in the Atlantic League.”
• Sahadev Sharma and Patrick Mooney (The Athletic {$}): The Cubs’ search for starting pitching grows clearer as they try to stay in the race. “...the past can sometimes be a guide to the future.”
• Steve Adams (MLB Trade Rumors*): The Cubs’ deadline dilemma. “The result is a second-place Cubs team that finds itself in a gray area...”
• Meghan Montemurro (Chicago Tribune* {$}): 3 takeaways from the Chicago Cubs’ series loss to the Los Angeles Dodgers, including Willson Contreras’ value and the June gauntlet. “...they must get back on track in Milwaukee against the division-leading Brewers.”
• Brett Taylor (Bleacher Nation*): Nico Hoerner wasn’t messing around with his rehab assignment. “Naturally he hit a couple line drives in his two at bats.”
• Todd Johnson (Cubs Insider*): MLB changes, lost year continuing to impact how Cubs farm system functions. “...it’s really not the same system at all.”
• Gordon Wittenmyer (NBC Sports Chicago*): Field of Dreams: The powerful journey of one Cubs prospect. “I didn’t have a place to live when they gave me my release,” Wilson Inoa said.
• Steve Greenberg (Chicago Sun-Times* {$}): Dealing, reeling, healing: Fergie Jenkins doc a portrait of greatness on field, agony off it. “‘Glory and Grief’ is about the pain and resilience of the Cubs’ best pitcher ever, whose post-baseball life has been marked by unimaginable loss.”

Food for thought:

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