Dale Sveum continues to jeopardize and cost the Cubs wins by his decisions. Tonight, the Cubs led Atlanta 5-1 in the 7th. The Cubs had first and third with one out. At this point in the game, every run is critical, so they should have squeezed. They didn’t squeeze and didn’t score. Even though the momentum changed, the Cubs were able to prevent Atlanta from scoring in the 7th. In the 8th, the Cubs had bases loaded, no outs. Again, every run is critical at this point, and if you can’t get the run in with no outs, you have to squeeze with one out. The Cubs didn’t squeeze and didn’t score. This was a big momentum change, and Atlanta scored 3 in the 8th to make it 5-4. They had first and second (the tying run) with one out, but the Cubs got a double play. The Cubs left 2 more on in the 9th. Sveum brings Marmol in to close in the 9th. Marmol struggled at the end of spring training and in every appearance this year. He has control issues and has been getting hit hard. This is a one-run game and you can’t afford to blow a game you led by 4 runs in the 8th, but he brings Marmol in anyway. Marmol comes in, gives up a leadoff homerun to tie the game, gets an out, then gives up a homerun to lose the game.