The Cubs may have made it past Daniel Murphy, but his bastard law appears to have stopped them dead in their tracks against the Dodgers. Everything that could go wrong for them did exactly that Tuesday night in a 6-1 loss that pushed them to the brink of elimination. It was a sluggish affair and one that offered little fun beyond Kyle Schwarber’s early homer.
With all due respect and credit to the Dodgers for being a better team, I’m not sure the Cubs could beat the Reds the way they’re playing. Of course, that would require that the Reds be playing in the NLCS, which they are not.