Jake Arrieta Continues Tear, but cubs Lose Series

On Saturday, Jake Arrieta took to the mound at Wrigley for the first time this season.  When Arrieta takes to the mound, it always feels like a for sure victory for the Chicago Cubs.  Again, this start was the same.  He went for eight shutout innings with eight strikeouts, and he made his 23rd quality start in a row.  This moved the Beast to 3-0 with a 1.23 ERA in three starts.
Arrieta has shown here early that last year's historic season was not a fluke.  He has looked like the best pitcher in baseball, and that is not all that he has done.  He hit a 442 foot home run in Arizona, and has showed just how good of an athlete that he is.
The offense took care of business on Saturday as well.  Anthony Rizzo and Jorge Soler went back-to-back on consecutive pitches in the bottom of the 4th.  Dexter Fowler then hit a three run home run in the bottom of the seventh and then the Cubs added one more in the bottom of the eighth, and the Cubs won 6-2.
The rest of the series didn't go as well for the Cubs.  On Friday, they lost by a score of 6 to 1.  It was a very bad day for the bullpen, defense, and offense.  They could only muster one run in the later parts of the game, and the defense was terrible.  They committed four errors that afternoon, in which was one of the worst defensive games that you will see the whole rest of the year.
Sunday was a terrible day for the Cubs offense as well.  They only got three hits in the entire game, and they couldn't push in a run. On the bright side for the Cubs, Jon Lester kept up his great season.  In 7.1 innings, he gave up only one run.  That was off of a home run in the basket for Nolan Arenado.  It stayed 1-0 the whole rest of the way, until Arenado came up to the plate with two outs in the bottom of the ninth.  With a full count against Justin Grimm, Arenado went yard again, giving the Rockies a 2-0 victory and a series win against the Cubs in Wrigley.
The Cubs are back at it tomorrow the 18th on the road against the Cardinals.  It is the return to Busch Stadium for former Cardinals John Lackey and Jason Heyward.  It is John Lackey (2-0, 5.68 ERA) against Mike Leake (0-1, 6.97 ERA) at 7:00 CST.