Cubs win in extra innings with a little help from El Mago

The Cubs pulled out a nail-biting 4-3 victory over the Washington Nationals in their makeup game on Thursday. The contest was tied at 2-2 in the 5th inning and 3-3 in the 7th, before being decided in extras.

Mike Montgomery started the game for the Cubs, and he pitched four innings, giving up three hits, one walk, two earned runs and racked up a pair of strikeouts. He was pulled for Jesse Chavez by Joe Maddon in the bottom of the 5th inning after giving up a single to Nationals 2B Adrian Sanchez. Chavez ended up giving up a run before escaping the inning.

This was the first of several decisions that had Cubs fans nervous.

In the top of the 8th, with the bases loaded, Maddon made perhaps his…