Blame Hoerner's misplay if you want, but Cubs were outplayed by wide margin in Sunday's loss to Red Sox. McGrawDHSports Cubs
In his first start after appearing in the All-Star Game, Justin Steele delivered his worst performance of the season.
Exit velocity provided an appropriate illustration. Eighteen of the 22 hardest-hit balls Sunday were by Red Sox batters. Official scorers tend to call most questionable plays hits instead of errors these days, but Hoerner agreed it should have been scored differently. "I was trying to get him to roll over a ground ball," Steele said."The first two pitches were pretty competitive and then 2-0, I just kind of had to throw a strike. He did what he was supposed to do."
When the Cubs scored 5 runs in the last two innings, it was easy to say the game could have been competitive. But they were also flummoxed by Boston right-hander Kutter Crawford. Mike Tauchman singled to lead off the first, then the Cubs didn't get their next hit until a Christopher Morel single in the eighth.
Crawford doesn't throw as hard as Bibee, but worked four different secondary pitches into hits mix, most frequently a knuckle curve.
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