Cubs 4, Marlins 2: Nick Madrigal saves the day

As most of you know, I have been critical of Nick Madrigal on this site in the past.

So today I will give him major props for his game-winning single in the Cubs’ eighth-inning rally. Madrigal’s two-run single with one out in the eighth gave the Cubs the lead and Miguel Amaya followed with an RBI single and the Cubs had a come-from-behind 4-2 win over the Marlins, their second straight.

This game started out weirdly. The Marlins scratched their starter Bryan Hoeing and made it a bullpen game instead — though Hoeing wound up throwing the third and fourth innings for Miami. A head-scratcher, that.

Meanwhile, even though the Cubs hadn’t planned on a bullpen game, Drew Smyly made it one by…