Chicago Cubs are in search of hope after a ‘boring’ display in St. Louis

Following a demoralizing sweep in St Louis, Chicago Cubs fans look at Cole Hamels’ performance on Sunday as a glimmer of hope to get through an ugly stretch of baseball.

Entering June I imagined the Chicago Cubs would be in mid-season form, Considering its the middle of the season, but to me and many Cubs fans surprise, the Northsiders look like they’re still shaking off the rust.

Totaling just six runs over three games against one of the worst pitching staffs in baseball is something I thought would not haunt us after Chili Davis left his post as Cubs Hitting Coach. Javier Baez seems to be in one of his “swing at only garbage” stints, followed by the rest of the offense falling asleep. Adam Wainwright and the Cardinal bullpen walked SEVEN. We scored one run with SEVEN men given free passes.

Cubs fans have gotten used to this reality of bats going ice-cold, and the offensive production ceases to exist.  The game of baseball will exploit a team that is struggling in one area of the game. We made the 26th best pitching staff in the league look unbeatable.

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After watching the games on Saturday and Sunday in person, I was searching for something to keep me positive. The offense looked terrible, the bullpen is worrisome, and we consistently have our NL MVP, Gold Glove-caliber third basemen playing right field. Nothing makes sense, and I feel like I’m watching a 2013 Chicago Cubs team on pace to win 66 games. Not many positives at the moment for us Cubs fans.

Something that helped me sleep last night was the fact that Cole Hamels looked incredible yesterday. He kept his pitches down, dominated the strike zone, and looked like the guy we want him to be.

Hamels threw seven strong, allowing two hits, two walks, and an unearned run. Hamels last three starts had not gone farther than the fifth, which makes him getting through seven on 84 pitches all the more exciting. We most likely would have seen Hamels finish out the game if his spot in the order didn’t come around in the top of the eighth.

The Angels and Rockies come to Wrigley Field this week before facing the Cardinals for the third time this season with hopes to see an offensive resurgence that is long overdue.

P.S. I have never seen a city more fired up over one word. For those of you who don’t know what I am referring to, Kris Bryant called St. Louis boring at the Cubs convention in the off-season. The self-proclaimed best fans in baseball were not happy to hear this about their town and let Kris know by booing him every time he stepped up to the plate. To Cardinals fans credit, The Cubs were boring this weekend and did not show up. to the Cubs credit, they still hold a 1 1/2  game lead over the red birds in the division.