WASHINGTON — Cubs managerDavid Rossstrode toward right-handerMarcus Stromanon the mound and clapped once. After just shy of five innings — with a couple of odd bumps in the road — Stroman’s night was over.
“I thought he was throwing the ball really well,” Ross said after the Cubs’ 5-4 loss to the Nationals Monday. “We didn’t play good defense there that last inning, and I probably took him out one batter too soon.”
In the Cubs’ 5-4 loss Monday to the Nationals, Stroman was charged with four runs — none earned because of an error.