The Chicago Cubs are officially on the brink.

It started so well, as Seiya Suzuki’s three-run blast put the Cubs up 3-0 in the first inning. Just like Saturday, the Cubs homered in the first inning.

It went downhill in the bottom of the first, and slowly slipped from there.

Here are three takeaways from the Cubs’ Game 2 loss to the Brewers.

That pesky third out

If the barrage of runs wasn’t demoralizing as it is, the way the Brewers got them was a punch to the gut.

The Brewers’ first seven runs came with two outs. The Cubs just couldn’t get that last, pesky out to get out of their half of the inning. They all came on home runs, too.

After the Cubs opened the game with a three-run home run, Shota Imanaga got two Brewers out to start the bottom of the first inning. That’s when former

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