CHICAGO -- The one Achilles' heel for the Chicago Cubs in their second-half march to the postseason reared its ugly head in their Game 4, 5-0 loss to the Washington Nationals: Free passes.
They walked nine batters on a night where hitting was at a premium. With temperatures in the 50s, and a howling wind blowing in off Lake Michigan, Cubs pitchers did everything they could -- especially the arms out of their bullpen -- to help the Nationals.
“No excuses,” Carl Edwards Jr. said after walking two batters before being pulled in the eighth inning.