There were shenanigans afoot in Friday’s Cubs loss, but thankfully they did not lose ground to the team that matters in the division, so whatever. It was fun as hell to watch THREE position players close out the game to save the Cubs bullpen, though! I guess Joe Maddon figured that if the Cubs were gonna get destroyed in a loss, they might as well just throw whatever out there and save the pitching for the doubleheader on Saturday. It may be a bit dicey with Tyler Chatwood and Mike Montgomery potentially laboring for whatever reason, but maybe it will work itself out.