The Chicago Cubs were hoping for a quality start from left-hander Matthew Boyd in Game 1 of the NLDS versus the Milwaukee Brewers on Saturday. Instead, the veteran failed to escape the bottom of the first inning and created a near insurmountable hole for the Cubs to climb out of.

Boyd, pitching on three days' rest, took the mound with a 1-0 lead thanks to a leadoff home run by Cubs first baseman Michael Busch. However, the lead did not last long as Boyd surrendered three consecutive doubles to begin his outing, immediately turning a 1-0 lead into a 2-1 deficit.

He followed it up by inducing a Christian Yelich groundout. Just when Boyd seemed to be settling in, he walked Brewers slugger Andrew Vaughn and then watched his defense commit a fielding error and subsequently allowed two m

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