Situation: Cubs leading the Dodgers 3-2, top of the sixth inning. Marcus Stroman has thrown 84 pitches entering the inning and, apart from a two-run homer by Mookie Betts in the third, hasn’t had much trouble with the Dodgers.
Then he walked Freddie Freeman on four pitches starting the sixth. Brandon Hughes had begun throwing before the inning even started.
Do you bring Hughes in to face the lefty-hitting Max Muncy?
David Ross didn’t, and Muncy and J.D. Martinez went deep on Stroman, giving the Dodgers a 5-3 lead.
The game might have come down to a bottom of the ninth rally, but Michael Fulmer again had a rough outing, allowing two runs and putting the Dodgers ahead 7-3, which is where the game ended.