The Cubs and Brewers needed 15 innings to settle Saturday’s score, making it the longest game the two teams have ever played at Wrigley Field. And that marathon, combined with heavy reliever usage in the previous few games, meant emptying both the bullpen and bench. Tyler Chatwood batting for himself with one out and the bases loaded in the bottom of the 13th wasn’t a matter of faith, it was necessity.
The deposed starter has become an indispensable late-inning long man, but he was also Joe Maddon‘s last available pitcher when he entered the game.