Cubs' Craig Kimbrel: Blows second save opportunity

Kimbrel (0-1) was charged with both a loss and a blown save against the Pirates on Wednesday, allowing two runs on one hit and a walk over two-thirds of an inning.

After blowing an early lead, the Cubs mounted a comeback in the seventh and turned to their newly signed closer to win their first game of this series. However, Kimbrel simply added to the Cubs' blues. After retiring the first hitter, Kimbrel recorded only one more out in the next four batters, and that was on a sacrifice fly that lost the game. It's still a very small sample size, but Kimbrel has yielded five runs in 2.2 innings (16.88 ERA) across three appearances with the Cubs thus far.