Column: Chicago Cubs closer Adbert Alzolay suffers his 4th blown save in 7 chances in a 3-2 loss to the Miami Marlins

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Column: Chicago Cubs closer Adbert Alzolay suffers his 4th blown save in 7 chances in a 3-2 loss to the Miami Marlins

It looked so simple from afar. Craig Counsell would hand the ball to his closer in Milwaukee, and the Brewers would walk away with a win. But the easiest decision Counsell had to make on a daily basis in his nine years in Milwaukee already has become one of the most difficult ones in his first month of managing the Chicago Cubs. After Bryan De La Cruz’s two-run home run off Adbert Alzolay on a 2-0 pitch with one out in the ninth gave the Miami M…