With the Chicago Cubs 5 1/2 back in the weak National League Central, we all should have expected something like this out of the All-Star Game.
Last season, Joe Maddon’s club sent seven players to the Midsummer Classic, including the entire starting infield. This year, the team’s lone representative, Wade Davis, became a bar trivia question answer in the 10th inning when he served up the game-winning home run.
Davis, who is perfect on the season in save opportunities, hung a breaking ball to the Seattle Mariners’ Robinson Cano. The eight-time All-Star did not waste the opportunity, depositing it into the right-field bullpen to give the American League club a 2-1 edge.