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July 4 – In the final game of the four-game series against the Pirates, the Cubs took an early lead and cruised to an easy win. Robel Garcia homered in his second game as a Cub and Kris Bryant, Albert Almora Jr., and Willson Contreras also homered in the 11–3 win. José Quintana earned the win while pitching seven innings and allowing three runs. Joe Maddon was ejected in the fourth inning after getting upset by inside pitches by Pirate pitchers. June 9 – Kyle Hendricks continued his streak of strong performances, pitching seven innings while scattering eight hits and allowing only one run. June 3 – In a make-up game for an earlier snowed out game, the Cubs routed the Los Angeles Angels by a score of 8–1.
Tyler Chatwood, starting in place of Jon Lester who missed the game because he was ill, allowed one run in four innings of work. The Cub bullpen held the Giants scoreless as Craig Kimbrel earned his seventh save as a Cub in the 4–1 win. July 3 – The Cubs took an early lead on a Victor Caratini solo home run, but Yu Darvish allowed four runs in 6.2 innings to surrender the lead. The Cubs retook the lead in the seventh on a second homer by Caratini.
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Kyle Hendricks gave up six runs in six innings to move the Cubs to the brink of elimination. The 2019 Major League Baseball First-Year Player Draft began on Monday, June 3, 2019, and ended June 5. June 22 – José Quitana allowed nine runs, eight earned, as the Cubs were blown out by the Mets 10–2.
Kyle Ryan gave up the lead again for the Cubs, allowing a two-run homer to Marcel Ozuna in the seventh. But Craig Kimbrel gave up back-to-back home runs on back-to-back pitches in the ninth and the Cubs fell 9–8. Javier Baez pinch hit in the bottom of the 10th with two outs, but struck out to end the game. The Cubs fell to six games behind the Cardinals in the division and three games out of the wild card. September 10 – Jose Quintana gave up six runs, four earned, in three innings of work as the Cubs fell behind 7–2 in the third. Kris Bryan hit a two-run home run in the fifth to narrow the lead to 6–5.
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However, Brad Brach could not hold the lead and the Phillies tied it to force extra innings. Javier Báez missed the game due to a foot injury suffered the day before. May 14 – Following an off day, the Cubs traveled to Cincinnati to take on the Reds. Kyle Hendricks drove in two runs with a double in the second and pitched eight innings while allowing only one run. Willson Contreras also drove in the run as the Cubs beat the Reds 3–1.
Javier Báez then connected on a three-run home run to tie the game at three. Three batters later, Jason Heyward hit his fifth home run of the season, a three-run shot to give the Cubs the 6–3 lead. Steve Cishek allowed a three-run homer in the eighth, but Pedro Strop notched the save as the Cubs won 7–6. April 21 – Starting for the first time on the season, Tyler Chatwood pitched six scoreless innings and only walked two batters. Javier Báez tripled in a run in the sixth to give the Cubs a 1–0 lead. However, Pedro Strop gave up a solo home run in the ninth to blow his first save of the season.
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September 25 – Jon Lester allowed only two runs on eight hits in six innings, but left the game trailing the Pirates 2–1. After the Cubs tied it in the seventh on an Ian Happ home run, the bullpen gave up two runs in the bottom of the eighth as the Cubs lost 4–2. The loss marked the Cubs eighth straight loss as the Cubs were officially eliminated from playoff contention.
June 21 – In game two against the Mets, Yu Darvish failed to build on his prior good start, allowing four runs in six innings. Addison Russell homered to give the Cubs a 4–3 lead in the fifth, but Darvish surrendered the lead for the second time in the game in the sixth. In the seventh, Brad Brach allowed a run-scoring single and the Cubs lost 5–4. June 2 – Cole Hamels pitched seven innings while allowing only one unearned run and left trailing 1–0. Brad Brach surrendered a run in the eighth to put the Cubs down two to the Cardinals entering the ninth inning. Willson Contreras walked with one out and moved to third on a Jason Heyward single.
July 16 – Alec Mills made his first start of the season as the newly acquired Martin Maldonando also started at catcher for the Cubs in game two against the Reds. The Cubs narrowed the lead to 3–2 in the second on a two-run home run by Robel Garcia. The game remained tied through nine innings before Kyle Schwarber hit a solo home run in the bottom of the 10th to beat the Reds 4–3.
April 3 – Following a scheduled off day, Jon Lester pitched six innings while allowing only two runs. He left with a 4–2 lead on the strength of a Willson Contreras two-run homer. March 30 – Following a scheduled off day, the Cubs jumped out early on the Rangers and led 3–0 after the first.
Yu Darvish continued to pitch well for the Cubs, allowing two runs in six innings. However, the Cub offense managed only one run on a Javier Báez single as the Cubs lost and fell a game behind the Cardinals in the division. July 24 – In the final game of the series, the Cubs jumped to an early 3–0 lead on home runs by Javier Báez and Kris Bryant.
Jon Lester, after struggling his previous three starts, allowed one run in seven innings of work. Javier Báez homered and drove in three while Jason Heyward drove in two runs. Newly signed Carlos Gonazalez made his Cub debut and drove in a run. Yu Darvish allowed two runs in 5.1 innings of work, but the Cub bullpen surrendered three runs in the seventh and eighth innings to force extra innings. May 3 – After an off day, the Cubs returned home to face the first place St. Louis Cardinals.
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