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Groundball single ends Quintana's night. Would've liked to see him get one more chance as bad as this bullpen is.

Kintzler coming in. Hope he can keep his good start going.

After tonight's start, Quintana's ERA is 3.43...which is pretty impressive considering he gave up 6 ER in 3 IP in one of his starts. In the other 18 IP, he has given up 2 runs (with 26 K and only 4 BB).

Kintzler got a double play ball against the first guy he faced, but then a hit and a walk to Castro has Alfaro up as the tying run with 2 outs.

Missed it by that much...

Cubs play "screw the closer" for the first time this year...Bote walk, moves to second on a wild pitch, gets to third and scores on sac flies.

Definitely a quick hook. With this bullpen, I don't think they can afford to pull starters when they've been dominant through 90 pitches.

Worked out, though (by about 2 feet).

1.096 OPS for Heyward, BTW.  Definitely the best two-week stretch he's had as a Cub, by far.

Would have liked to see Q go all the way.  Who is warming up for the ninth?

I think his pitch count was a little high for that, but 8 innings seemed realistic.  I don't think you should have any problem letting him go 105-110 pitches if he's not laboring.

Cubs win! Marlins don't bother challenging a close play to end it.

That's 10% of the season played, and the Cubs are on 70 win pace. Much better than when 5% was played and they were on 40 win pace.