Cubs bullpen unsung in big win

Cubs bullpen unsung in big win

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Jesse Rogers, ESPN Staff Writer CloseJesse joined ESPN Chicago in September 2009 and covers the Chicago Cubs for ESPNChicago.com and ESPN Radio 1000.Follow on Twitter

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CHICAGO -- It got one postgame sentence from within the Chicago Cubs clubhouse yet it may have been the most important aspect of their 4-2 win over the Los Angeles Dodgers on Monday.

"Woody was fabulous," manager Joe Maddon said of reliever Travis Wood.

Wood led a group of five relievers in holding the Dodgers at bay for seven innings until a solo home run in the ninth cut into a Cubs lead. But it was too little too late thanks to the bullpen, even if…