By the time Aaron Civale and Ben Brown took the mound in the Chicago Cubs' 9-3 loss to the Milwaukee Brewers on Saturday afternoon, more than a few fans had changed the channel or found other ways to distract themselves from a disastrous start to the National League Division Series.
We don't need to re-hash Matthew Boyd's poor outing of the offense's lackluster body of work. But we do need to talk more about the work Civale and Brown turned in - and why it could be the team's saving grace moving forward in the playoffs.
“Look, Aaron and Ben did a heck of a job,” Cubs manager Craig Counsell said.