Sometimes baseball goes exactly to form. Jose Quintana had a nice little run in April to help settle the Cubs pitching staff into 2019. But since then, he’s been much more middle of the road. Most nights, middle of the road is plenty of good for this Cubs team. But, they were facing young Luis Castillo who is blossoming into a star before our eyes here so far in 2019.
The Cubs were able to grab two quick runs on him to give a ray of hope for this one. But this game was all Reds after that.