If I told you that Brad Brach pitched last night, would you think the Cubs won or lost? Joe Maddon turned a 3-2 lead over to his bullpen and they didn’t come through as the Cubs dropped the first game of the series to the Reds 6-3.
Steve Cishek looked awful, immediately giving up a game-tying homer to Yasiel Puig, and Randy Rosario wasn’t much better. I am confounded by Brach. He throws hard and 18 of his 24 pitches were strikes last night, but he’s not scaring opposing hitters.