Demoted starter John Lackey blows it for Chicago Cubs’ bullpen

LOS ANGELES — Just when the Chicago Cubs’ relievers seemed to have righted the bullpen ship, it was sunk by … a starter.
The Cubs’ bullpen, which had allowed 16 earned runs in 20-1/3 postseason innings before Game 2 of the National League Championship Series against the Dodgers, had matched the Dodgers’ unhittable relief crew with zeroes on Sunday night.
With the score tied in the ninth, though, with the Cubs’ dominant closer sitting in the bullpen, demoted s