It didn’t take nearly long enough for the Cubs to suffer their first sweep of the season this year, and the weekend has been filled with some unsettling themes, most notably the inability of the bullpen to keep the opponent off the board late, as well as the absence of any rally when down late–something that seemed routine for last year’s squad. Jon Lester did his best to hand the team a W, holding the Pirates scoreless in his 7 innings of work, and had a chance for a win himself only because Tommy La Stella–pinch-hitting for Lester–knocked in the only Cubs run in the home half of the 7th.
Organizational Recap – Bucs break out the brooms
