Cubs Absent Behind Ace Pitcher
Someone should have told the Cubs Rodrigo Lopez was pitching again Tuesday night. Then maybe, Chicago wouldn’t have wasted another gutsy performance by Ryan Dempster, who threw 128 pitches over seven innings allowing just two runs, but suffered a 2-1 defeat to the Reds.
True to form, the Cubs offense scratched one measly run across the plate for its staff ace, which has been a season-long trend of futility with Demps on the mound.
Dempster’s 4.33 runs of support per game is worst on the staff, with Matt Garza a close second at 4.37.
