Hondo, still reeling from his excruciating loss Tuesday night with the Nats, was hit with another one Wednesday when the Cubs gave it away in the eighth in St. Louis to increase the deficit to 1,774 treshes.

Thursday night: Mr. Aitch will plan on another Dutch treat from Holland — 20 units on the Rangers take down King Felix. Also, 20 on the Steelers to overcome the underhanded Patriots.

Phil Mickelson was named to the 12-man Presidents Cup team, even though he was 30th on the points list. Sources say team captain Jay Haas made the move only after getting Mickelson to swear that if the U.S. lost he wouldn’t throw the captain under the bus with an ugly verbal assault at the post-match news conference. … In the wake of a homeless man being attacked in Brooklyn on Tuesday, you can book it that Mayor de Blasio soon will issue a statement in which he proclaims that vicious dog attacks on the destitute in NYC are at their lowest levels in decades.