Philadelphia Phillies at Chicago Cubs

The Cubs spent the first couple weeks of the season trying to find their rhythm on multiple fronts. There were outages throughout the lineup, injuries piling up and testing the depth of the roster, and a repeated refrain that things would turn around. Eight consecutive wins later, the Cubs look like the postseason-caliber team everyone expected. On Wednesday night, the North Siders rolled to a 7-2 victory over the Phillies behind a widespread offensive attack and the return of veteran lefty Matthew Boyd. The end result was an eight-game winning streak that marks the Cubs’ longest run in April since an 11-game streak in 1970. “When you go on these win streaks,” Boyd said, “it’s a product of just everybody doing their thing. It’s special. It’s a lot of fun right now. And it’s taken all of us.” The eight-game run is the longest for the Cubs under manager Craig Counsell and the first time Chicago has rattled off that many in a row since another eight-win stretch from July 21-29, 2023. During this streak, the North Siders have outscored their opponents, 58-20, while getting contributions from up and down the roster. The pitching staff has spun a 2.22 ERA overall during the last eight wins, while the offense has hit .318/.399/.514 as a unit with 7.3 runs scored per game. “Y’all are watching it,” Cubs center fielder Pete Crow-Armstrong said. “It feels really, really good showing up to the ballpark knowing that everybody’s going to have a part in winning a baseball game.”