This was going to be a happy recap of a Cubs win powered by Carson Kelly’s two-homer game, the third multi-homer game for Kelly this season.

Unfortunately, Daniel Palencia had a disaster of a ninth inning, allowing a pair of homers including a three-run, pinch-hit job by Josh Bell, and then he left the game with a shoulder injury:

All of that added up to a 6-3 Cubs loss to the Nationals, and a series loss, their first at Wrigley since the Reds took two of three in early August.

None of this is good. Let’s look at some of the things that were.

Drew Pomeranz threw a 1-2-3 first inning as an opener on just eight pitches. More on that from BCB’s JohnW53:

Drew Pomeranz’s eight-pitch start today was the fewest by a Cubs pitcher who completed at least one inning. (Reliable pitch counts date

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