Lou Pinella made a lineup blunder in the 8th inning when he changed his mind on a pinch hitter after he’d already been announced, and it may have come into play in the 9th inning as he had less flexibility to make a move and couldn’t get the lefty-on-righty matchup he might have wanted. Instead, Jake Fox ended up with the opportunity to win the game with the bases loaded. Since you’ve already read the headline, you know that didn’t happen and the Cubs lost to the Dodgers 2-1.

I’m not going to blame this one on Jake Fox. He’s a young kid who will have many more chances to win games for the Cubs in the future. I do blame Lou Pinella, who is starting to show his age and is regularly missing opportunities to pull double switches to get his lineup the way he should want it in the late innings.

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