A
sub-headline in today’s Sun-Times pretty much sums it up: Chapman’s stint makes Joe look like genius
again. What the columnist forgot to
note, though, was that Dr. Frankenstein isn’t likely to leave well enough
alone.
With
the Cubs ahead 3-2 and one out in the seventh inning, manager Joe Maddon
summoned closer Aroldis Chapman to finish the game. Chapman isn’t used to working more than an
inning. Judging by what he did in the
eighth inning, it might be a focus thing.
Rajai Davis hit a ball down the right field line that first baseman
Anthony Rizzo, playing well behind the bag, was able to field. Only Chapman never left the mound to take the
throw. And he let Davis steal second,
then third. But Chapman got out of the
inning and pitched a perfect ninth. The
Cubs live to see Cleveland, where they have to win both games.
And
what will Genius Joe do for an encore? At
the very least, expect him to bat Kyle Schwarber cleanup. After that, who knows?
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