"Since time has no meaning, my brain didn't twig to the fact that Boyd was starting on short rest until about an hour before game time, despite spending a bunch of time crunching the numbers to write the preview and I didn't even notice. Boyd had absolutely nothing in the tank in this one, and a completely uncharacteristic / Devil Magic induced error by Nico Hoerner turned it from bad to worse."
"Counsell's hands were somewhat tied with their pitching staff injuries - that rib injury to Horton could not have come at a worse time. I would not have felt thrilled with Shawn Camp Memorial Staff MVPs Colin Rea and/or Javy Assad getting a start to open a playoff series, but I would have taken it over Boyd on short rest even aside from these results."
"At least at the end of the day, blowout or not it only counts as 0-1 in the standings for the series. Jackson Chourio left the game with a hamstring injury, which may be a re-aggravation of the injury that caused him to miss the entire month of August. There is no word yet if it will knock him out for the rest of the series, but even if he's diminished that may help the Cubs the rest of the way."
Boyd started on short rest after throwing more innings this year than he had on short rest in the past three years combined, and he was ineffective. A rare error by Nico Hoerner worsened the outcome. Manager Counsell faced limited options due to pitching staff injuries, including Horton's rib injury. Alternatives like Colin Rea or Javy Assad were undesirable but preferable to Boyd on short rest. Civale and Brown performed adequately in mop-up duty. The bullpen entered the series taxed from heavy recent usage. Jackson Chourio left with a possible hamstring re-aggravation that could affect availability.
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