See, that makes a big difference. What Cruz is doing is guaranteeing that if he did win this game, he loses the next one. And he is hurting the team that is currently winning, and is likely to win (making them waste their closer in relief) such that they are more likely to lose the championship.
Not good.
If this were baseball, when one side is 8 runs ahead after 8 innings, the other side would concede so that the winner could rest up for the next game, at which the loser would even help out.
The following teams have won the World Series as a wild card team: Marlins (1997 and 2003), Angels (2002), Red Sox (2004), Cardinals (2011) and Giants (2014), meaning that three consecutive titles were won by a wild card (2002–2004). A wild card team appeared in the World Series each year from 2002–2007.
But, even more important, perhaps most important and phasing out the sports analogies for the moment, are the issues. Why are we Republicans in the first place. I deeply believe the divergence from the Constitution, free market capitalism, federalism... even the enlightenment, of the last 100 years is a big part of the problem. We need to get back to the issues, and not the scandal of the day, who rubbed whose arm, or who worked the caucus delegates last night. Since I believe Cruz is a better candidate for this job, I will support him till Trump gets his 1237+ (before, ballot #1, or later), but will "root" for Cruz until then, or hopefully Cruz gets there first. We can debate who has an advantage in November till the cows come home. Whether Cruz has a better chance, or Trump does, is immaterial. Cruz embodies what I want to see in the executive office for the next 4 years much more so than Trump, and IMHO can and must win in November. Either way, there will be "I told you so's" if Trump as the nom loses or if Cruz as the nom loses. Whoever is the nom, if they lose, we at least go down fighting for who we perceive as the best candidate.