CHICAGO -- Mired in a collective offensive slump, the Chicago Cubs are preaching sticking with the process -- and not worrying about the results -- as a way out of it.

The team has lost three consecutive series for the first time all season, culminating in a 2-1 defeat to the Toronto Blue Jays on Thursday when the Cubs failed to push across the tying run in the eighth inning despite having runners on second and third with no outs.

"There's a tendency to make everything sound worse than it is in our game," manager Craig Counsell said Friday before facing the Pittsburgh Pirates . "That's the nature of it when it's every day.

"Things not going right is not what's happening. I think that's what you fall into. This is baseball that's happening. You have to be tough enough to roll wit

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