Swept by Red Sox in weather-forced doubleheader, Cubs face pitching questions on eve of playoffs
The Cubs were swept by the Red Sox in a weather-forced doubleheader, complicating their playoff positioning. The team faces ongoing concerns regarding their pitching staff as the postseason approaches.
BOSTON – It’s the eve of the postseason, and the Cubs have some questions to answer.Most pressingly, it’s who they’re going to face in an opening-round series and where that best-of-three series will be played.They were swept by the Red Sox in Friday’s doubleheader, widening the gap between them and the first-place Padres in the NL wild-card standings.But there are questions on the pitching front, too.Righty Clay Holmes has not been the dominant arm he was when he joined the Cubs in a deadline…
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