{
  "$type": "site.standard.document",
  "bskyPostRef": {
    "cid": "bafyreidnwze5idj7aozj5f54tt2aomthgqkvsvgitvkxsy2ykhc2cn773m",
    "uri": "at://did:plc:ha7wpngv4f2qwrk5hta4ktbb/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml5y7eu6g6h2"
  },
  "coverImage": {
    "$type": "blob",
    "ref": {
      "$link": "bafkreih6cyyafjcz552clvvymu6xcfjtagos36jxr5j2x3zaxze7pmo3ra"
    },
    "mimeType": "image/png",
    "size": 1505546
  },
  "path": "/cubs/2026/05/06/rolison-represents-again-as-cubs-winning-streak-reaches-seven",
  "publishedAt": "2026-05-06T05:11:54.903Z",
  "site": "https://chicago.suntimes.com",
  "textContent": "<p><b>Ryan Rolison </b>doesn’t have his own entrance music, like Daddy Yankee’s “Gasolina,” which heralded Cubs closer <b>Danny Palencia’s </b>walk to the mound Tuesday night at Wrigley Field for the first time since April 12.</p><p></p><p>Music? Until three weeks ago, Rolison didn’t even have a roof over his head in Chicago. He was pitching at Triple-A Iowa after the White Sox claimed him off waivers in January.</p><p></p><p>But it was Rolison, not Palencia, who struck out two in a scoreless 10th inning Tuesday before the Cubs won their seventh straight game and second straight in walk-off fashion, downing the Reds 3-2.</p><p></p><p>And it was Rolison, not Palencia, who struck out five consecutive batters — three in the ninth inning of a 5-4 win Monday, then the first two he faced Tuesday — to claim the victory in both games. Going back to his outing Saturday against the Diamondbacks, Rolison had set down seven straight batters on strikes.</p><p></p><p>“It’s not normal to have [8 2/3 innings] with this new team and have four of your appearances be in huge situations,” manager <b>Craig Counsell</b> said. “I don’t think that’s normal, but that’s the situation he’s been put in.</p><p></p><p>“I think, in a lot of ways, Ryan might tell you he’s been waiting a long time for this opportunity. And sometimes that’s what making a career for yourself is about. You got a shot, you get an opportunity. And he’s done a heck off a job taking advantage of an opportunity.”</p><p></p><p>Meanwhile, the Reds, losers of five straight, lost their closer, <b>Emilio Pagan</b>, when he blew out his left hamstring and dropped to the ground after his first pitch to <b>Nico Hoerner</b> in the ninth. Further evaluation is coming, but Pagan is likely to miss extended time.</p><p></p><p>The Cubs have won 13 straight at Wrigley, burnishing what was already the best home record in baseball to 16-5. They have won five games on walk-offs, with five different players accounting for the deciding hit.</p><p></p><p>“That’s a great representation of what we’ve been talking about, how much the bench guys have produced and how we can produce up and down the lineup,” Counsell said. “That’s a cool stat, absolutely. That’s a really cool stat.”</p><p></p><p><b>Michael Busch</b> offered deliverance Tuesday, first with a majestic 427-foot home run deep into the right-field seats to tie the score at 2 in the eighth, then with a bouncing ball up the middle that handcuffed Reds shortstop <b>Elly De La Cruz</b> and continued into center for the game-winning single.</p><p></p><p><b>Dansby Swanson’s </b>decision to dash for third factored into De La Cruz’s inability to make the play, Counsell said.</p><p></p><p>“His aggressiveness put De La Cruz in a bad situation, almost,” Counsell said. “His feet got a little tangled up as to where they’d normally be on a routine ground ball to shortstop.”</p>",
  "title": "Rolison represents again as Cubs' winning streak reaches seven",
  "updatedAt": "2026-05-06T05:12:06.855Z"
}