The game was there for the taking, and as is the case with many Your Js cheerleaders such as moon, there is never any questioning as to why they lost.

Goins is a much better ss than Barney, hits lefties as well as Barney does, and thus there is no reason why the better defender should not be playing.  Goins for sure gets to the Baez grounder that Barney misplayed, minimum keeps the ball in the infield, runner doesn't score.

Yet, moon, hey, what?  Doesn't matter who played ss to him, important thing is, bless them, they played their little hearts out.  And, I mean, they were playing the Cubs, and look how good they are playing.  Losing by 1 run, that's like winning to moon.

Baseball for Dummies.