I don’t know if y’all were aware of this esoteric bit of advanced baseball data, but it’s hard to win games when you only score one or two runs. That’s why the Cubs are 0-2 so far in this series. In their eight wins since the break, the Cubs have averaged 5.375 runs; in their nine losses, they’ve averaged just three tallies. Keep in mind that they’ve got a 1-0 win and a 5-12 loss in there as well. The point is that the offense hasn’t been doing nearly enough on a consistent basis.
The only person who believes in the Cubs’ bats right now is Reds manager Terry Francona, who used three relievers over the final two innings on Tuesday.