Tuesday's game against the Brewers was played in appalling conditions, temperature in the thirties, 25 mph winds blowing in. The Cubs looked awful early in the game despite getting a good outing from Travis Wood. Castro almost threw and bobbled away the game in the third inning, botching up two throws and muffing a chance for a force play after a good stop. He sort or redeemed himself later on by driving in a run with a ground out in the seventh, but when you look at that at-bat, you realize he saw five pitches, all balls, swung at every one of them, and was pretty lucky to pick up the RBI. He did keep the inning going for Rizzo, who finally stayed on the ball against a lefty and delivered a nice double to tie the game.
The thing about the Cubs that is frustrating to watch day in and day out is the seeming lack of progress by a number of their more talented players. Starlin Castro is entering his fourth season in the majors and he still seems to be unaware of who is running the bases, how much time he really has, and what a strike looks like with men on base. You wonder why he continues to play out of control almost every day.
As for the Brewers, they have a real problem with their bullpen. Almost no one out there can get the job done. The Cubs won today because they got into the Milwaukee bullpen late and turned in some good, patient at-bats to turn things around. Still, a win is a win whatever the circumstances.
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