After a strong 3-1 win over the San Diego Padres in Tuesday's Game 1, the Chicago Cubs dropped Game 2 to those same Padres on Wednesday, 3-0. The Cubs' bats went almost completely silent, only notching four hits and one walk in the shutout loss. Despite the lineup's performance on Wednesday, Chicago manager Craig Counsell will field the same lineup in the deciding Game 3. Many Cubbies fans on X, formerly Twitter, are not pleased with that decision. Expand Tweet

To be fair, Counsell also put out the same lineup in Game 1's win. The Padres utilized their bullpen's length more effectively in Game 2, with ace Dylan Cease only going 3.2 innings before the trio of Adrian Morejon, Mason Miller, and Robert Suarez pitched more than one inning to shut the Cubs out. In Game 3, the Padres wi

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