A starting pitcher who could sit at any bar in Wrigleyville and go unnoticed. A Class AA shortstop who looks like he’s playing hooky from high school. A star first baseman wobblier than a newborn fawn. A magician reduced to pinch-runner status. A bullpen, shorthanded as usual.
What could go wrong?
A Cubs team that’s about a million miles from its best self played a game it had to win Friday at Wrigley Field. It didn’t go so well.
Cardinals 2, Cubs 1.
Put another one in the books for the hottest team in baseball.