Cubs 4-inning saves: Mike Montgomery, May 25, 2017

Mike Montgomery after his four-inning save May 25, 2017Mike Montgomery always wanted to be a starter.

The Cubs did give him some chances to do that, though mostly he was a swingman, going back and forth from bullpen to rotation.

This particular game wound up with Montgomery in position to post a four-inning save because Eddie Butler was the starting pitcher and it appeared Joe Maddon had the idea to piggyback Butler and Montgomery even before the game started.

The Cubs had taken a 2-1 lead heading to the sixth on solo homers by Kris Bryant and Jason Heyward off our old friend Jeff Samardzija. Montgomery wound up with one of the better outings of his career: four innings, one hit and one walk…