As if playing 17 games in as many days wasn’t bad enough in and of itself, the Cubs also had to deal with rain and power issues that compressed the back end of the rotation into a double-header. And that’s with Yu Darvish on the DL. That in turn taxed the bullpen, which was had been without Brian Duensing until Friday and is still missing Brandon Morrow and Carl Edwards Jr.
Even the replacements were having issues, as we saw when Rob Zastryzny left Saturday’s game with a stiff back. And to add to the fun, Tyler Chatwood’s back in Chicago after his wife went into labor.