It could go either way down the stretch for the 2023 Chicago Cubs, who've dominated and struggled for prolonged stretches of the season.
before Emmanuel Rivera hit a line drive that deflected off reliever Hayden Wesneski’s right elbow and into the air toward shortstop Dansby Swanson.Swanson inexplicably let the ball drop“Oh, no,” Marquee analyst Jim Deshaies said of the unfortunate turn of events in decibels much lower than Ron Santo’s famous “Oh, no” call during a blown game in the 1998 wild-card race.
“In hindsight, if I could have come in and tried to dive and caught it, that probably would’ve been the best move,” Swanson told reporters of the ball that deflected off Wesneski. “I was setting up to try and catch and throw to first base, but obviously, in hindsight, would have tried to dive and catch it in the air.”
They begin their final six-game homestand of the season Tuesday against the Pittsburgh Pirates and finish up over the weekend with three games against the Colorado Rockies, the worst team in the league. The ball is in their hands.
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