The 5 finest Cubs video games of 2025

It is, I suppose, a testomony to the 2025 Cubs season that every one 5 of those video games — plus one of many two “honorable mention” video games — had been within the season’s first half.

That’s when the Cubs offense was cruising and so they put collectively a division lead. Of course, you recognize in regards to the struggles within the second half that, together with two huge Brewers successful streaks, left the Cubs in a wild-card spot.

Still, it’ll be enjoyable to recollect these! Also word, I’m limiting this to common season video games.

This was the A’s house opener and the very first MLB sport ever performed in West Sacramento.

And the Cubs weren’t very good visitors. They pounded A’s pitching everywhere in the yard.

They hit 4 house runs (Michael Busch, Dansby Swanson, Kyle Tucker and Carson Kelly) and Kelly hit for the cycle, changing into the primary Cub to do this since Mark Grace in 1993. Here are Kelly’s cycle hits:

It was the primary of a Cubs five-game successful streak.

This wasn’t really that good of a Cubs sport, not pitching-wise, anyway, although they took a 2-1 lead into the seventh and a 7-1 result in the eighth.

Then all heck broke free. Jordan Wicks, Porter Hodge and Ethan Roberts allowed eight hits and two walks within the eighth inning and all 10 runners scored, giving Arizona a four-run lead heading to the underside of the eighth.

But Arizona couldn’t maintain their lead, both. Nico Hoerner was hit by a pitch main off the eighth, then Pete Crow-Armstrong walked. Carson Kelly smashed a three-run homer and the Cubs had been inside one.

After Justin Turner struck out, Ian Happ singled and Kyle Tucker homered to give the Cubs the lead [VIDEO].

Seiya Suzuki homered for an insurance coverage run, and Ryan Pressly set the D-backs down scoreless within the ninth for the win.

Not a creative masterpiece, however a memorably good win, and right here is how uncommon scoring 10 runs in an inning and dropping is:

Just 4 days after a wacky Wrigley Field sport the place each groups scored in double digits, the Cubs did it once more, this time towards the Dodgers.

Shōta Imanaga served up a three-run homer to Tommy Edman within the high of the primary, however the Cubs took the lead within the backside of the inning with a five-spot that included RBI hits by Seiya Suzuki, Dansby Swanson, Pete Crow-Armstrong and Miguel Amaya — no homers!

PCA homered within the fifth to make it 7-4 Cubs, however Brad Keller, in one among his uncommon dangerous outings, allowed 5 within the seventh, which gave L.A. a 10-7 lead.

Kyle Tucker smacked a two-run homer within the eighth to carry the Cubs to inside one, and after the primary two Cubs within the ninth had been routine outs, Miguel Amaya hit a game-tying home run [VIDEO].

Porter Hodge set the Dodgers down so as within the tenth and Ian Happ hit the very first pitch of the underside of the inning into proper subject for a game-winning single [VIDEO].

Again, not an awesome sport pitching-wise, however a number of enjoyable back-and-forth.

The Cubs had been in first place and the Brewers at .500 when this sequence, the primary between the 2 groups, started in Milwaukee on a Friday night.

And the Cubs performed like they needed to dominate the division. They scored a pair within the first after which had a seven-run second highlighted by this grand slam by Michael Busch [VIDEO].

Ben Brown threw six shutout innings, his finest sport of the 12 months, and Chris Flexen (keep in mind him?) threw three scoreless frames for a save.

The Cubs did wind up successful the season sequence from the Brewers seven video games to 6. They had been the one NL Central group to do this this 12 months — and the Brewers took all six regular-season video games they performed towards the Dodgers, earlier than being swept within the NLCS.

The Cubs’ franchise report of seven house runs in a sport had been set in 1967 and matched in 1970, 1977 and 2023.

That mark was damaged on today, because the Cubs smashed eight house runs and demolished the Cardinals. The homers had been hit by Seiya Suzuki, Dansby Swanson, Carson Kelly, a pair by Pete Crow-Armstrong and three by Michael Busch, the primary three-homer sport of his profession.

Busch’s three-homer sport additionally led to this enjoyable reality:

Here are all eight home runs [VIDEO].

Also in that game, PCA made one of his five-star catches [VIDEO].

The ultimate rating might have been 11-0, however with the sport properly in hand, Craig Counsell let Jon Berti throw the ninth inning. Berti was fairly dangerous as a pitcher, but did make this athletic play in the field [VIDEO].

Honorable point out video games: Cubs 16, Dodgers 0, April 12 at Dodger Stadium, a two-homer sport for PCA, and Cubs 12, Cardinals 1, Sept. 26 at Wrigley Field, the day PCA joined the 30-30 membership.