What could have been a very successful nine-game road trip for the Chicago Cubs ended on the sourest of notes.

After the Cubs took the first two games of their series against the lowly Colorado Rockies, the worst team in baseball had a parting gift for the Cubs -- a walk-off triple from outfielder Mickey Moniak to drop Chicago to 5-4 on the trip.

The Cubs are in excellent position to make the playoffs at 78-59 entering Monday, nine games clear of the Cincinnati Reds, who are the first team on the outside looking in. But the loss to the 39-98 Rockies certainly served as an effective reminder that nothing is guaranteed.

And after the game, when asked about the September stretch run and how he would deploy his pitchers, manager Craig Counsell made it clear that the Cubs can't get too far a

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