Padres 4, Cubs 2: It’s déjà vu for the bullpen

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The Cubs had a bullpen meltdown in Monday’s game against the Padres at Petco Park, and so two bullpen moves were made before Tuesday’s game.

Unfortunately, it was those two relievers, Daniel Palencia and Luke Little, who had bad performances on Wednesday. The two runs (one each) that Palencia and Little allowed were the difference in a 4-2 loss to the Padres.

Sigh. Let’s look at how it all went down.

After Matthew Boyd and Nick Pivetta matched zeroes for the first two innings, the…