Dodgers’ Brandon McCarthy latest to challenge big, bad Cubs

Los Angeles Dodgers' Chris Taylor, right, celebrates his two-run home run with Brandon McCarthy as Chicago Cubs catcher Miguel Montero looks on during the fifth inning of a baseball game in Los Angeles, Saturday, May 27, 2017. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)Los Angeles Dodgers starting pitcher Brandon McCarthy throws against the Chicago Cubs during the second inning of a baseball game in Los Angeles, Saturday, May 27, 2017. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)LOS ANGELES >> Alex Wood was somewhere in the visiting bullpen. Brandon McCarthy was reassembling his body.

Neither was a key figure in the events of Oct. 22, 2016, when Wrigley Field throbbed with “Go Cubs Go,” and people stumbled up the stairs of the…