I can hear it now: “Why didn’t the Cubs address their starting pitching?” “Why didn’t they have better guys to start the doubleheader?”
You can complain about Cubs pitching all you want, but the fact is that they weren’t going to win these games if they didn’t score any runs.
The Cubs offense pretty much vanished in a 5-1 Game 2 loss to the Cardinals Saturday evening.
A third-inning leadoff double by Jason Kipnis (stranded).
A fifth-inning leadoff single by Nico Hoerner (scored after two wild pitches and a groundout).