Sunday notes… • THREE IS THE NUMBER OF THE COUNTING: The Cubs have lost three games in a row for the fifth time this season. Each of the previous times, they avoided a fourth loss by winning on the road: May 10 at New York vs. the Mets, June 25 at St Louis, Aug. 29 at Colorado and Sept. 9 at Atlanta. The 29 other teams have had 155 streaks of at least four straight losses, an average of more than five per team. (Courtesy BCB’s JohnW53) • FOUR IS RIGHT OUT: The Cubs last dropped four in a row June 23-26 of last year: one at home vs. the Mets, then three at San Francisco. They lost three, then won, four times later in the season, so they have avoided a fourth loss eight times since they last suffered one. (Courtesy BCB’s JohnW53) • PUT THOSE BROOMS AWAY, CINCINNATI: The Cubs have been

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