Don't drink the Kool-Aid yet Cubs fans! The Chicago Cubs barely showed up in game one of the 2015 NLCS, losing to the New York Mets 4-2 at Citi Field in New York.
First of all, the Cubs' supposed big game ace Jon Lester ($155 million dollar waste) punked out again like he has done in every big spot since the Kansas City Royals took him apart in the 2014 AL Wild Card play in game. Lester did his usual, pitched well here and there but then fell apart in the big spots. Lester looks like a beaten man on the mound. You get the feeling that something bad is going to happen every time he pitches.
Then there was the Cubs' feast or famine offense, where every player (including leadoff man Dexter Fowler) swings for the fences on every pitch. The Cubs are a collection of .250 hitters who strike out way too much and simply play horrible fundamental baseball. It's fine to beat up on second division pitchers but when the Cubs have to face top arms they are in big trouble.
If the genius Joe Maddon doesn't figure out something very quick, this could be a very short series. Somewhere in Florida, Steve Bartman is probably laughing!
Saturday, October 17, 2015
Citi Field, Flushing, NY
Game One NLCS
Chicago Cubs (0-1) 2
at New York Mets (1-0) 4
WP-New York: Harvey (1-0), Save-Familia (1)
LP-CUBS: Jon Lester (0-1)
Home Runs-CUBS: Kyle Schwarber (1)
New York: Murphy (1), D'Arnaud (1)
New York leads series 1-0
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