Before I get to the question of whether Wade Davis should have been pitching in the ninth inning of Sunday’s 4-1 Cubs loss to the Dodgers in Game 2 of the NLCS, let’s make one thing clear: The Cubs are not going to win this series if the offense doesn’t show up. Addison Russell’s home run provided the only scoring and the Cubs had just four other baserunners, two hits (one by Jon Lester!), a walk and Anthony Rizzo being hit by a pitch.
That’s just not going to do it, not in a regular-season game and certainly not in a postseason game.