Against a lefty he’s a high risk for a DP though, I’m okay with that decision given that Caratini guarantees platoon advantage and then the top of the order is up.
Get Russell around, mostly because they need to score to win but also because the Brewers deserve to be punished for trying to get away with Sogard at SS
Probably a bit unlucky for Rucker to give up 3 runs in 5 on 4 hits and 2 walks(one solo HR), but he’s also had some trouble with endurance/3rd time through the order in the early going.
Hard hit balls going for hits doesn’t seem like a lucky thing to me. Except that when the Cubs hit screaming line drives right at fielders, we cry about bad luck, so..... Yes, there exists a place between bad and good luck called normality