The star outfielder -- who was in the midst of the NL MVP race at the beginning of the year -- has seen his performance crater during the latter stages of the summer, prompting some in the Wrigley Field faithful to shockingly boo him.

Javier Assad set the Angels down 1-2-3 in both the first and second innings. Then the Cubs added a run in the top of the third. Dansby Swanson and Matt Shaw walked and Nico Hoerner singled to load the bases. One out later, Seiya Suzuki scored Swanson with this sac fly [VIDEO ].

Then had some small opportunities, but nothing else really big.” The Cubs drew eight walks on the day, five off Priester, but had just five hits, all singles. They hardly tore the cover off the ball in Wednesday’s win,