Those of you who watched Wednesday night’s Cubs game got a rare treat. The Cubs offense put together a full beatdown on three Reds pitchers. Poor Nick Lodolo was clearly sent out to carry the load for his team. He pitched into the sixth on a night when he pretty obviously didn’t have it. Eight earned runs in less than six innings will dent your ERA quite a bit.
This is one of those games that falls into the you’re going to win a certain number of games adage. The Cubs caught a bad team on an off night and pummeled them.