MESA, Arizona — There was no television or other video available for the Cubs’ 8-1 loss to the Diamondbacks at Sloan Park Sunday afternoon and for that, you should be grateful.
The game was long — four innings took almost two hours! — and the Cubs had just three hits: A first-inning single by Willson Contreras, a second-inning infield hit by Daniel Descalso (yes, I swear this happened, I saw it personally) and an eighth-inning double by Kyle Schwarber.
Now, you might be asking what Kyle Schwarber was still doing in a split-squad spring training game in the bottom of the eighth inning.