By Kevin Powell WRIGLEY FIELD – In what could be his final start as a member of the Cubs, Jake Arrieta turned in an outstanding performance, giving up just one run while striking out nine in a must-win Game 4. “It’s a win or go home,” Arrieta said after the Cubs beat the Dodgers 3-2. […]

By Kevin Powell WRIGLEY FIELD – The Cubs are batting .172 this postseason—the worst batting average in team postseason history. They’ve struck out over 30 percent of the time and they’ve plated only 21 runs, 9 of those coming in Game 5 of the NLDS. “Of course we expected more,” Joe Maddon said after their […]

By Kevin Powell WRIGLEY FIELD – Welp, the Cubs are in trouble, to say the least. Kyle Schwarber hit a solo homer in the first inning and then just about nothing went right in the Cubs, 6-1, Game 3 loss to the Dodgers. “Of course we expected more,” Cubs manager Joe Maddon said. “The Dodgers […]

By Kevin Powell WRIGLEY FIELD – All the talk the past couple days has been about Joe Maddon’s use of the bullpen. Particularly his decision in Game 2 to not call for Wade Davis in the ninth inning of a tied game. Instead, he went with John Lackey, who gave up the walk-off homer to […]

By Kevin Powell LOS ANGELES – In a battle of bullpens, the Cubs are losing. The NLCS has essentially come down to which pen out-performs the other. And through the first two games, the Dodgers relievers have been outstanding. “They’re good, but we’re good, too,” Addison Russell said after his teams, 4-1, loss in Game […]

LOS ANGELES – Bullpen issues and cold bats are the Cubs’ problems right now. The offense has scored three runs or less in five of six playoff games, and other than Wade Davis, Joe Maddon doesn’t really have anyone in the pen he can rely on. But don’t expect Maddon to second-guess his decisions, particularly […]

By Kevin Powell LOS ANGELES — For a while, the main story line from the Cubs Game 1, 5-2, loss to the Dodgers was Jose Quintana out-pitching Clayton Kershaw. But Quintana was pulled after the fifth with the score tied 2-2. And then seventh inning arrived. “That was a beautifully done Major League Baseball play […]

Cubs pitcher Jon Lester talks to the media before Game 1 of the 2017 NLCS about his Game 2 start and Corey Seager’s back injury that will leave him off the Dodgers’ roster.  

Kevin Powell is traveling with the Chicago Cubs as they face the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 2017 National League Championship Series.

Cubs manager Joe Maddon talks about the team’s flight to Los Angeles for the NLCS, which was diverted to Albuquerque after a family member fell ill.