The sort of long winning streak the Cubs need to put together to reroute their direction at the trade deadline requires winning games in different ways.
As an example, the Cubs entered Sunday with relievers Adbert Alzolay, Julian Merryweather, Mark Leiter Jr. and Michael Fulmer all having pitched each of the previous two days, with Alzolay securing a pair of saves. The sort of back-and-forth battles the Cubs won Friday and Saturday could have pushed their high-leverage arms to their limits Sunday.
