Who’s In Left?
On June 28, 2016, the Cubs were in a tightly contested ballgame with the Cincinnati Reds.
“As per usual in the late innings of close National League games, the Cubs ran through many options out of their bullpen after Jon Lester departed in the eighth. More to the point, they found themselves needing to get creative in the final two innings of the marathon contest.
What this meant, amusingly enough, was that manager Joe Maddon could turn to three pitchers — lefty Travis Wood and right-handers Spencer Patton and Pedro Strop — as a three-headed pitching/left-field platoon tag-team for the 14th and 15th.”
It was the first time since 1913 that a MLB team used three pitchers in the field.
The Cubs went on to win the game 7-2 in 15 innings.
