The day before this card, the Brewers had walked-off the Cubs after the Cubs had battled back to tie the game in late innings. On this day, the Cubs gave up the go ahead run in the bottom of the 8th before putting up a 4-spot in the top of the 9th and eventually winning. Ian Happ drove in the tying and go ahead runs, playing the hero and getting the Topps Now recognition. At this point in the season, that brought the Cubs record up to 4-4.
A few days later, with the Cubs still battling the .500 bug, the Cubs took down another division rival, beating the Pirates 13-5. The highlight here was Javier Baez's second consecutive two-home run game. Baez came to the plate in the bottom of the second with the bases loaded and no outs. If not for a run scoring wild pitch during the at-bat, Baez could have had a grand slam. The second shot came in the bottom of the 8th and added the superfluous 13th run.
When the Cubs gave up 10 runs in the first four innings to the Braves on April 14th, they ran the risk of falling two games below .500 for the first time of the season. In what seems to be a theme this year though, they battled back with a nine-run eighth inning to secure the win.
Or "eigth" inning I should say. What?
When Topps originally posted the card, they had mispelled "eighth" on the front. I mentioned it to them on Twitter and they replied it would be fixed before printing. Sure enough it was as you can see by the card I scanned in. Maybe next I'll let it go and see if they correct themselves?
One of the great strories of the 2016 World Series was the success Kyle Schwarber had in his return after missing nearly the whole regular season. Schwarber continued his dominance at Progressive Field in the Cubs first trip back to Cleveland since Game 7 of that World Series with two home runs in a 10-3 victory.
Ten bucks a card, and they can't bother to spell check? That's inexcusable.
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