Reds 5, Cubs 3: Why is Rowan Wick still on this team?

Photo by Justin Casterline/Getty ImagesKeegan Thompson deserved better.

Thompson and Luis Castillo were locked in a tight pitchers’ duel for five innings. The Reds broke through for two runs in the sixth, on a couple of doubles allowed by Thompson.

Thompson allowed a pair of hits to begin the seventh, and for some unfathomable reason, David Ross turned to Rowan Wick in a high-leverage situation. This, despite the fact that Wick has been hit hard lately.

Wick did strike out the first hitter he faced, but then served up a three-run homer to Jonathan India. That took away Thompson’s quality start (for whatever that flawed stat is worth) and provided the Reds’ margin of victory in a 5-3 Cubs…