To say the Chicago Cubs’ first two games in the National League Championship Series in 12 years were underwhelming would be an understatement.
Joe Maddon‘s young club, whose offense was firing on all cylinders in the NLDS, went ice-cold, tallying just three runs over the course of the first two games, allowing the New York Mets to take a 2-0 series edge into Wrigley Field.
The regularly-powerful bats of Anthony Rizzo, Kris Bryant and Kyle Schwarber have gone a combined 4-for-21 (.