T3 photo from Trea Turner‘s official Instagram
Coming into this series, the Nationals had a 70-57 record while the Cubs were just one game behind the Nats at 69-58. If the Cubs swept this three game series, they would have taken over the Nats in the standings, and if the Cubs won two games, these teams would have finished up today tied with identical records. The Cubs had their hottest pitcher going yesterday in Jose Quintana, their postseason star pitcher Jon Lester on Friday, and today they have 4-time All-Star Cole Hamels going. Add to all of that, the Cubs have homefield advantage in Wrigley Field, and they were 44-19 coming into this series which was a remarkable .698 winning percentage. If all of that was not enough, the Nats arrived in Chicago during the middle of the night and had a 1:20 pm (local time) game on Friday while suffering from sleep deprivation of about 5 hours of sleep. You want more? The Cubs have owned the Nats in Wrigley Field. Even when the Nats have had games practically won — craziness like David Bote‘s two-out grand slam walk-off against Ryan Madson actually happened. Here is the difference — this is not that 2018 Nationals team or even 2016 when Cubs manager Joe Maddon played Jedi mind tricks on Ryan Zimmerman. This is not even the same Nats that the Cubs faced in May of this season when the Nationals were just getting healthy. Continue reading
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