Neither team had scored since trading single tallies in the first two innings, but one call in the bottom of the 10th may have changed the tenor of the game. Wait, scratch that. Home plate umpire Laz Diaz had presided over an amoeba zone all night well before making a call that Cubs announcer Jim Deshaies said may have been the worst miss of the year.
It was already a dicey situation, with Kolten Wong on second following a one-out double against Mike Montgomery. Joe Maddon wanted a righty, bringing on Dillon Maples to face the right-handed-hitting Harrison Bader.