The Cubs’ playoff hopes are now clinging to a fine thread of hope after another incredibly close game that again did not go their way. That was a major feature of the 6-14 tailspin that has nearly ended their October dreams.
The details may have been different in each contest but it always seemed to shake out the same way in the end. It was probably a combination of several factors, beginning with a series of injuries to the bullpen that made it very difficult to hold late leads.
A lack of depth on the roster also routinely forced below-average players to come up in key spots where they often failed to come through.