Miles Mikolas

Miles Mikolas allowed 10 hits and eight earned runs with four strikeouts over six innings in an ugly loss to the Cubs on Friday.

The phrase “taking your lumps” was invented for games like this one. Mikolas gave up four home runs to the first seven batters of the game and six long balls in total. The Cubs teed off on him and there wasn’t a single moment where they didn’t seem comfortable in the box and ready to attack. Mikolas will take an ugly 5.26 ERA into his next scheduled start against the Nationals.