Chicago Cubs: Injured Javier Baez delivers walk-off single off the bench

Chicago Cubs: More struggles for the bullpen

Quintana gave way to Edwards in the top of the seventh inning, with the Cubs hanging to a narrow 1-0 edge, looking to even the series up at one game apiece. The right-hander allowed a leadoff single to Cesar Hernandez before retiring Hernandez on a ground ball to short.

Maikel Franco doubled to left, moving Scott Kingery, who hit that aforementioned grounder to shortstop, to third with only one away. Edwards retired pinch-hitter Odubel Herrera on a comebacker to the mound before giving way to Brandon Kintzler with two down.

The sinker-baller worked to a 2-2 count against first-year Phillies outfielder Andrew McCutchen before the 2013 NL MVP grounded a ball up the middle, giving Philadelphia a 2-1 lead that, thankfully, Baez and the club erased in the ninth.

The early season storyline surrounding the Cubs’ bullpen needs has re-emerged of late, with the club struggling in each of the first two games of this series. Time will tell what Theo Epstein will do to address the team’s woes, but they should get reinforcements soon in the form of Pedro Strop and, hopefully at some point, Brandon Morrow.