The Cubs have now lost three of their last four series and are 10-11 since the All-Star break. That’s not awful — good teams have stretches like that all the time — but it can’t compete with the Brewers’ 17-4 mark over that same span.

Now we have to be concerned that the Cubs might fall behind the Padres in the wild-card race. As of Monday their lead is just 1.5 games over San Diego.

Here’s who’s hot and not for the Cubs over the last week.

Three up

Horton’s scoreless-inning streak reached 23.2 innings with his outing against the Reds last Wednesday. Over that streak he has allowed eight walks and 11 hits (0.761 WHIP). His strikeout rate (18 percent) isn’t quite what it was in the minor leagues (31.7 percent) but perhaps that will come in time.

Shaw batted .333/.375/1.067 (5-for-15) o

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