The Chicago Cubs are on the verge of eliminating the best team in baseball from the playoffs. But they’ll have to beat the St. Louis Cardinals’ John Lackey–after being mesmerized by him in Game 1–as he’ll go on just three days rest for only the third time in his career. Cubs’ skipper Joe Maddon had already named Jason Hammel his starter for Game 4, and now the Cards are in a tough predicament.
First, the Cardinals, of course, need to run their best starter out there even on short rest.