Poor throws from Tommy La Stella and Miguel Montero really hurt the Cubs tonight, and Jake Arrieta’s pitching didn’t help. The offense was also shut down by Max Scherzer, which isn’t that much of a surprise because that’s what Scherzer does.
The Cubs’ bats were relatively silent tonight. They reached base a total of four times, and three of those (HBP, triple, and a double) cane in the 3rd inning or earlier. From the 4th inning on, the Cubs were only able to reach base via walk, and that was promptly erased by an inning-ending double play.
Arrieta, to put it lightly, was really, really bad tonight.