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Chicago Cubs Do Something Not Done in Nearly Last 90 Years of Team History

The Chicago Cubs offense is humming!

Brady Farkas

Chicago Cubs left fielder Ian Happ (8) hits an RBI single against the Pittsburgh Pirates during the ninth inning at PNC Park. Chicago won 14-10 on Aug 28.
Chicago Cubs left fielder Ian Happ (8) hits an RBI single against the Pittsburgh Pirates during the ninth inning at PNC Park. Chicago won 14-10 on Aug 28. / Charles LeClaire-USA TODAY Sports
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The Chicago Cubs beat the Washington Nationals 7-6 on Friday night in Washington. With the win, the red-hot Cubs have moved to 69-66 on the year. As a result, they remain on the fringes of the National League wild card picture. They are 5.0 games behind the Atlanta Braves for the third and final wild card spot.

While the Cubs got a solid starting performance from Shota Imanaga on the mound, the team's recent stretch of good play is really centered around its offense, which has been historically good.

Over the last eight games, the Cubs have done things they haven't done in nearly the last 90 years, according to Sarah Langs of MLB.com:

the Cubs have 80 runs in their last 8 games

that’s their most in an 8-game span since 9/11-9/18/1935 (also 84)

their only other seasons with 8-game spans with 80+ runs since 1900: 1929 and 1930

Chicago has won 10 of its last 13 games in total. They had nine hits in this one, including multi-hit games from both Ian Happ and Michael Busch. Cody Bellinger hit his 14th home run of the season.

With the loss, the Nationals are 61-74, though the young tandem of Dylan Crews and James Wood each had hits.

The two teams will play again on Saturday afternoon with first pitch coming at 4:05 p.m. ET. Javier Assad (Cubs) will get the ball against lefty DJ Herz (Nationals).

Assad is 6-4 with a 3.15 ERA while Herz is 2-6, but carries a respectable 3.84.

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Brady Farkas

BRADY FARKAS

Brady Farkas is a baseball writer for Fastball on Sports Illustrated/FanNation and the host of 'The Payoff Pitch' podcast which can be found on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. Videos on baseball also posted to YouTube. Brady has spent nearly a decade in sports talk radio and is a graduate of Oswego State University. You can follow him on Twitter @WDEVRadioBrady. 

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