Column: If the Chicago White Sox and Cubs hope to make it to October, their bullpens need to step up

Craig Counsell and Will Venable trusted their bullpens on Saturday with similar results. Counsell watched his Chicago Cubs bullpen blow a late 5-0 lead in an 8-6 loss to the Toronto Blue Jays, while Venable watched the White Sox ’pen lose 4-1 to the Detroit Tigers on a bullpen day scripted because of the lack of a fifth starter. The Sox bullpen didn’t perform any better on Sunday, blowing ...