Rockies 5, Cubs 2: Edward Cabrera injured in dull defeat

You know, it would seem that the Cubs are somewhat lucky to even be in the position they’re in — two games over .500 and one game out of the last wild card spot, 74 games into the 2026 season.

That’s because Cubs starting pitchers have been getting injured at an alarming rate. Tuesday night at Wrigley Field it was Edward Cabrera , leaving the game in the fourth inning. Here’s what happened:

Well. That doesn’t sound too serious. You can probably tell where in this 5-2 loss to the Rockies this happened, too. Cabrera breezed through the first three innings, then allowed a single, double and two-run homer in the third, which gave Colorado a 3-2 lead. He did retire the next three hitters in the fourth, then walked the first two hitters in the fifth before a strikeout. Then this happened [VIDEO].

A “right hand cramp” doesn’t sound too serious, so we’ll see what happens and whether Cabrera can make his next start.

This was all after the game started well for the Cubs. For the second straight night, Pete Crow-Armstrong led off the bottom of the first with a home run [VIDEO] .

The homer was PCA’s 14th — and seventh in June. More from BCB’s JohnW53:

Pete Crow-Armstrong is the sixth Cub to homer as the first batter on back-to-back days:

Rick Monday: June 25-26, 1976, at home vs. Mets Alfonso Soriano : June 22-23, 2007, at White Sox Soriano again: May 13-14, 2008, at home vs. Padres Tyler Colvin : July 23-24, 2010, at home vs. Cardinals Anthony Rizzo : June 13-14, 2017, at New York vs. Mets