Time: 7:00 PM CT
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 (91-71, 2-3) Andrew Toles, LF Kershaw Stats 149 IP |
 (103-58, 3-2) Dexter Fowler, CF Hendricks Stats 190 IP |
Will the Cubs win? No, but it could go either way.
538 Forecast: 54% chance of winning
Comments
54% seems high. Probably gets a bonus for being the home team and getting to bat last?
Rice CubeQuote Reply
Rice Cube,
Home team, the Cubs have the better offense, but yeah, it seems high to me too.
dmick89Quote Reply
I think you could make an argument that the Cubs really are playing their best lineup given the circumstances. It also happens to be a lineup that should minimize runs allowed.
Rice CubeQuote Reply
The Vegas lines seem to have it around 55% for the Dodgers
GWQuote Reply
Rice Cube,
I’m not aware of any evidence that facing a great pitcher like Kershaw makes it a good idea to shift priorities from offense to defense. You still have to score runs to win.
Rizzo the RatQuote Reply
Rizzo the Rat,
I’m guessing the nerds ran about 50000000000 simulations, shrugged because Kershaw, and pulled this lineup out of a hat then.
Rice CubeQuote Reply
Rice Cube,
Or, Soler is really hurt. Perhaps it’s a leg thing where he can hit but not play the field.
Another option would have been playing Ross with Contreras in LF. Although playing Grandpa on 1 days rest could be a little risky.
SKQuote Reply
SK,
Soler has not looked good moving. If he’s not injured, he’s liable to injure his “not injured” self. He looks in the field like Heyward looks at the plate.
ceruleanQuote Reply
538 uses a weighted variation of Game Score for the starting pitcher combined with with home field advantage, travel, and rest to adjust the overall team Elo rating—the Cubs have 55 points in their rating before the pitcher adjustments and home field puts them 22 points ahead.
ceruleanQuote Reply
cerulean,
Hooray!
And if Soler is hurt, maybe they could use Schwarber in WS after all. And maybe even Szczur
Rice CubeQuote Reply
Gotta get there first. Baby steps. Cubs try not to suck
Rice CubeQuote Reply
Smokestack LightningQuote Reply
Seen at Wrigley Field: a guy wearing a Mark Prior jersey.
It’s a bold strategy, Cotton.
PerkinsQuote Reply
My daughter (not at the game) is wearing her Michael Barrett shirsey.
SKQuote Reply
SK,
Make sure to keep her away from anyone wearing a Zambrano jersey.
Rice in limboQuote Reply
It would appear from the commercials that listeners of the Cubs’ flagship radio station the Score are all incontinent tax delinquents with bad credit.
SKQuote Reply
Dodger beat writer/douche Plaschke sez he’s researching restaurants in Cleveland.
Come on, Cubs.
Smokestack LightningQuote Reply
Chicago Cubs baseball is on the air!
berseliusQuote Reply
Javy!
Rizzo the RatQuote Reply
Cubs lose, see you guys in March smh
berseliusQuote Reply
Javy Fucking Baez
Myles HandleyQuote Reply
(dying laughing) how did he actually get the tag on him?
dmick89Quote Reply
Javy!
berseliusQuote Reply
Baez!!!
WaLiQuote Reply
Runs, plz.
Smokestack LightningQuote Reply
Almora with the white shoes (dying laughing)
SKQuote Reply
So exciting!
ceruleanQuote Reply
It’s pretty nice seeing this guy back in a lineup. http://www.milb.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?gid=2016_10_22_srrwin_msswin_1&t=g_box&sid=milb
dmick89Quote Reply
Dexter!!!
dmick89Quote Reply
yougowego
SKQuote Reply
DEX!!
ceruleanQuote Reply
Just opened an Abt 12, hope I’m sensible when this game ends (dying laughing)
berseliusQuote Reply
Fuck yes
dmick89Quote Reply
Fowler! Bryant!
Rizzo the RatQuote Reply
Fuck yes!!!!
WaLiQuote Reply
BRYANT
berseliusQuote Reply
BRYANT
SKQuote Reply
RIP Perkins ear drums
berseliusQuote Reply
What a pitch by Kershaw.
dmick89Quote Reply
(dying laughing) (dying laughing) (dying laughing) (dying laughing)
dmick89Quote Reply
(dying laughing)
Rizzo the RatQuote Reply
TOLESSSSSSSSS
SKQuote Reply
Lo(dying laughing)o(dying laughing)
WaLiQuote Reply
LOUD NOISES!!!
berseliusQuote Reply
Toles!!!!!
ceruleanQuote Reply
The crowd might be getting to Kershaw
berseliusQuote Reply
Zobrist!!!
dmick89Quote Reply
That’ll do, Zobrist.
Rizzo the RatQuote Reply
Wowww
WaLiQuote Reply
Come on, Javy.
Rizzo the RatQuote Reply
Everybody makes contact!!!!!
ceruleanQuote Reply
No need to take a huge swing, Javy.
Rizzo the RatQuote Reply
Woow
berseliusQuote Reply
More, plz.
Smokestack LightningQuote Reply
Just make contact, Javy.
ceruleanQuote Reply
Don’t tell him what to do.
Smokestack LightningQuote Reply
That was eye level.
dmick89Quote Reply
dmick89,
Yeah, but he has to protect here.
Rizzo the RatQuote Reply
Rizzo the Rat,
Glad to see him laying off the balls in the dirt
WaLiQuote Reply
Making Kershaw work.
ceruleanQuote Reply
That was like ball 7.
dmick89Quote Reply
He just wasn’t going to let kershaw strike him out.
SKQuote Reply
berseliusQuote Reply
Damn.
ceruleanQuote Reply
Wilco love you baby.
ceruleanQuote Reply
SK,
Yeah, if there’s any time I’m not going to complain about a hitter expanding his strike zone, it’s with a runner on third and one out
Rizzo the RatQuote Reply
Come on, Contreras.
dmick89Quote Reply
I think Kershaw threw more pitches in this first inning than he did in all of game 2
WaLiQuote Reply
30 pitches. More please.
ceruleanQuote Reply
30 pitch inning. 2 runs. Not bad.
Smokestack LightningQuote Reply
Ton of pitches for Kershaw.
dmick89Quote Reply
Going to lose my mind
Myles HandleyQuote Reply
Kershaw looks pretty rattled out there. This is agreeable to me.
PerkinsQuote Reply
Only 9 pitches for Hendricks.
dmick89Quote Reply
Bill Plaschke’s boner is probably visible from space
berseliusQuote Reply
With GoDaddy, you can grab domains by the [locker room talk].
ceruleanQuote Reply
Joe won’t let him, but how great would it be if Hendricks pulled a Maddux and faced the minimum.
ceruleanQuote Reply
Grrr.
ceruleanQuote Reply
DP please.
ceruleanQuote Reply
Kyle getting the grounders
berseliusQuote Reply
The fuck was that?
berseliusQuote Reply
Hendrick is ON.
Myles HandleyQuote Reply
(dying laughing), Hendricks showing off the high cheese.
Smokestack LightningQuote Reply
berselius,
Gunshot?
Pat said it was a firecracker going off above the flag in CF.
SKQuote Reply
Hendricks!!!
dmick89Quote Reply
Fuck yes
WaLiQuote Reply
(dying laughing), Reddick
Rizzo the RatQuote Reply
CYLE!!!!
SKQuote Reply
First pitch curveball for a strike on the outside corner. Filthy.
ceruleanQuote Reply
Cyle!!
berseliusQuote Reply
Face the minimum!!!!
ceruleanQuote Reply
More runs, plz.
Smokestack LightningQuote Reply
Hendricks is like, Alexander the Great or something.
Myles HandleyQuote Reply
Addy!!!
dmick89Quote Reply
Addy!
Rizzo the RatQuote Reply
VROOM VROOM
SKQuote Reply
Cubs all over Kershaw
berseliusQuote Reply
Damn it.
Rizzo the RatQuote Reply
No more worlds to conquer
berseliusQuote Reply
Hustle!!
WaLiQuote Reply
A D D I S O N 2 7
ceruleanQuote Reply
Smoltz said to bunt here. Smoltz is an idiot.
Rizzo the RatQuote Reply
I wish Addy would have taken off to third when Turner threw the ball. Force the issue.
ceruleanQuote Reply
I don’t know how that missed.
ceruleanQuote Reply
Hendricks is really making Kershaw work.
Rizzo the RatQuote Reply
Wow, even Pink Hat Guy stood up for the end of Kyle’s at bat. He never stands up.
SKQuote Reply
I hope Kershaw throws 140, John
Myles HandleyQuote Reply
Fowler!
Rizzo the RatQuote Reply
Fowler!!!
dmick89Quote Reply
Fowler a little too amped.
Myles HandleyQuote Reply
I’ll trade a run for a TOOTBLAN
berseliusQuote Reply
DEX with the TOOTBLAN RBI!!
ceruleanQuote Reply
berselius,
Yeah, I don’t mind leading off the next inning with Bryant, either.
Rizzo the RatQuote Reply
Not sure if it’s coming through on the TV, but the crowd here is heckling the hell out of Kershaw. Shades of Cueto against the Pirates.
PerkinsQuote Reply
What are you doing we need you waving your arms out there
Myles HandleyQuote Reply
Perkins,
And A-Gon, by the sound of it.
SKQuote Reply
Hendricks just makes shit look easy.
dmick89Quote Reply
Also yes.
PerkinsQuote Reply
Would be extra fitting if Cyle gets a Maddux today
berseliusQuote Reply
90 may as well be 119
Myles HandleyQuote Reply
Runs, pleeeze.
Smokestack LightningQuote Reply
A couple hits to start this inning might get the bullpen up.
dmick89Quote Reply
Rizzo!
Rizzo the RatQuote Reply
Rizzo!!!
dmick89Quote Reply
ALL THE XBH
SKQuote Reply
Kershaw is throwing a whole lot of fastballs
berseliusQuote Reply
berselius,
He hasn’t gotten his curveball over the plate yet.
Rizzo the RatQuote Reply
Come on, Javy.
dmick89Quote Reply
Come on Javy
SKQuote Reply
Hey guys, this game is FUN. Of course I’d have liked another run, but this is good.
Rice CubeQuote Reply
Outs, please.
Smokestack LightningQuote Reply
This is insane.
Myles HandleyQuote Reply
16
Myles HandleyQuote Reply
5 innings left.
Rice CubeQuote Reply
SKQuote Reply
I wish the wind would reverse direction.
Rizzo the RatQuote Reply
Runs. Please.
Smokestack LightningQuote Reply
15 outs remaining
Myles HandleyQuote Reply
Future 45—responsible for holding a woman to an impossible standard—believes our futures all entail staring down the barrel of a Colt 45.
ceruleanQuote Reply
Contreras is gonna go deep here.
dmick89Quote Reply
WILLSON AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH
Rice CubeQuote Reply
Willson!!!!!!!!!
Rizzo the RatQuote Reply
(dying laughing)
dmick89Quote Reply
Correct.
Rice CubeQuote Reply
WILCO!!!!
SKQuote Reply
I love you, man.
Smokestack LightningQuote Reply
WILLY
berseliusQuote Reply
W I L L S O N ! ! ! !
ceruleanQuote Reply
Correct.
Rizzo the RatQuote Reply
Willson!!!
Myles HandleyQuote Reply
Keep screwing the closer, plz.
Smokestack LightningQuote Reply
1 0 7 M P H E V ! ! ! !
ceruleanQuote Reply
Kershaw left his curve in LA.
Rizzo the RatQuote Reply
This was a first four innings of a Cubs game I recently enjoyed.
Rice CubeQuote Reply
Smoltz (dying laughing)
Smokestack LightningQuote Reply
If I were watching Kershaw for the first time, I’d say “good fastball, breaking pitches need work.”
Rizzo the RatQuote Reply
I’m simulcasting the radio feed, but I can imagine Joe Buck is waxing poetic about the great dignity in which Kershaw is losing.
SKQuote Reply
Actually, his curve is here, it’s outside the strike zone
Pinch-Running Tom GoodwinQuote Reply
I’m happy that Len gets the 5th inning in the postseason.
Rice CubeQuote Reply
(dying laughing), Baez
Rizzo the RatQuote Reply
(dying laughing) @ Rizzo and Baez
berseliusQuote Reply
(dying laughing) at Baez and Rizzo.
Baez, WTF!?
(dying laughing)
ceruleanQuote Reply
It looks so easy.
dmick89Quote Reply
Wow. Kyle is…
…
…
…
ceruleanQuote Reply
Runs, plez.
Smokestack LightningQuote Reply
its_happening.gif
umbraQuote Reply
Kershaw threw a curve for a strike!
Rizzo the RatQuote Reply
I didn’t actually expect them to make Kershaw work.
Rice CubeQuote Reply
Rizzo the Rat,
that was unexpected
SKQuote Reply
Rizzo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Rizzo the RatQuote Reply
Anthony Fucking Rizzo!!!
dmick89Quote Reply
RIZZO
SKQuote Reply
R I Z Z O ! ! ! !
ceruleanQuote Reply
TONY
berseliusQuote Reply
I hate to say “I told you so,” but remember when people here were taking about benching Rizzo?
Rizzo the RatQuote Reply
5 innings, 5 runs. I like it.
ceruleanQuote Reply
It’s out of grand slam territory now.
dmick89Quote Reply
Rizzo the Rat,
Correction: I didn’t hate that at all.
Rizzo the RatQuote Reply
That was a good pitch too.
ceruleanQuote Reply
What a bunch of idiots.
Rice CubeQuote Reply
Nobody beats the Riz!
PerkinsQuote Reply
Jansen is warming up.
PerkinsQuote Reply
Do we want to see Jansen? I dunno…
Rice CubeQuote Reply
That didn’t miss. Kyle threw one ball in that sequence. Somehow was down 3–1.
ceruleanQuote Reply
Andre Ethier? I know Andre Ethier
GWQuote Reply
Bye Kersh
Myles HandleyQuote Reply
I mean if Jansen is in, hopefully he gets shelled too.
Rice CubeQuote Reply
In between commenting here, I’m texting my dad and WhatsApp-ing my son. Please Cubs, win it for Ronnie and them!
SKQuote Reply
Closer?
dmick89Quote Reply
I never want them to face Jansen, but if they do, this is the best possible scenario.
Rizzo the RatQuote Reply
berseliusQuote Reply
Schwarber 0-1.
SKQuote Reply
Someone has to save this win for the Cubs.
Rice CubeQuote Reply
BUST
berseliusQuote Reply
SK,
Bust.
dmick89Quote Reply
9. More. Outs.
Myles HandleyQuote Reply
Something about Pat saying “a win will put the Cubs in the World Series” makes it seem extra real.
SKQuote Reply
I’m a fan of how fast this game is going.
dmick89Quote Reply
Myles Handley,
8
SKQuote Reply
The Dodgers hit was on the first pitch of the game, wasn’t it?
dmick89Quote Reply
dmick89,
Both teams’ game plans were to be aggressive. Works for me!
SKQuote Reply
8 more outs.
Myles A HandleyQuote Reply
They’ve gotten beyond the 2003 bad things turning point.
Rice CubeQuote Reply
Cyle OMG
berseliusQuote Reply
correct dot gif
berseliusQuote Reply
Rizzo waving off Baez (dying laughing)
ceruleanQuote Reply
Scottie knows how to work this crowd
berseliusQuote Reply
(dying laughing)
berseliusQuote Reply
Is it too late to name my son HendricKs?
Myles HandleyQuote Reply
I liked Scottie Pippen’s dedication to Cubs past, and his complete IDGAF about forgetting all the words.
Rice CubeQuote Reply
Runs, pleeeeeeeeeeee
Smokestack LightningQuote Reply
Hendricks to take Jansen deep.
EDIT: Or just shallow.
ceruleanQuote Reply
Maybe Jansen should have started for the Dodgers.
SKQuote Reply
Shit, it was still the 7th inning. My bad if the world ends, guys.
#NoDinner
Rice CubeQuote Reply
Hendricks is starting to fall behind hitters. Fell behind all three last inning.
dmick89Quote Reply
OK FIVE OUTS AWAY GUYS OMG
Rice CubeQuote Reply
Oh shit 5 outs away
SKQuote Reply
Before that single, Kyle Hendricks had a game score of 88…and he’s done. WOW. What a performance.
Rice CubeQuote Reply
Chapman? Huh.
Rice CubeQuote Reply
*cough* I would have kept Cyle in the game
berseliusQuote Reply
What is Christian Villanueva up to these days?
GWQuote Reply
Maddon is no Dusty Baker.
Rizzo the RatQuote Reply
I had to come back and enjoy this moment with you folks. My kids are sitting on the edge of their seats. They have no idea what I’m feeling right now, you guys do.
FrysredjacketQuote Reply
Chapman is the rational move, but the fan in me wants more Hendricks.
Rizzo the RatQuote Reply
Probably. But I’m so scared right now. One of the best closers of our era, pitching for us, and I’m hating the move.
Smokestack LightningQuote Reply
3 measly outs.
dmick89Quote Reply
OKAY NOW WE’RE PAST THE POINT OF BADNESS
Rice CubeQuote Reply
JAVY
berseliusQuote Reply
Uncharted territory, kids. Buckle up.
Smokestack LightningQuote Reply
MORE RUNS. (Please).
Smokestack LightningQuote Reply
Smokestack Lightning,
Not scared at all. Once it got to 3-0 I’ve just been counting the outs.
dmick89Quote Reply
I’m scared
SKQuote Reply
All the nervous gifs.
Rice CubeQuote Reply
We’re gonna need a bigger boat
berseliusQuote Reply
dmick89,
Yeah, this has been a surprisingly low-stress game.
Rizzo the RatQuote Reply
Funny how a man on first with a five run lead had me about to shit my pants.
Smokestack LightningQuote Reply
I’ve managed to create it all on my own. I’m a meathead at heart, it seems.
Smokestack LightningQuote Reply
3 more. This place is ready to go nuts.
PerkinsQuote Reply
I’m not scared they’ll blow it, it just feels so unfamiliar
SKQuote Reply
Is it just the media people speculating on Schwarber playing in the WS? I can’t see it. Doesn’t the taxi squad only play two days a week?
dmick89Quote Reply
It’s not. Theo said it’s on the table.
Smokestack LightningQuote Reply
dmick89,
Yes and yes.
FrysredjacketQuote Reply
Everyone is speculating on it. Theo and Jed also didn’t really rule it out. I think it’s a long shot.
Rice CubeQuote Reply
Well, fellers… here we go.
See you on the other side.
Smokestack LightningQuote Reply
I think he’s playing. I think Theo was trying not to jinx game 6. Seriously.
Smokestack LightningQuote Reply
Come on, Aroldis.
Rizzo the RatQuote Reply
I think Jed and Theo have been masterful at keeping the media guessing. Smoltz nailed it, you can’t bring him back with no timing, no trigger point and no game experience for an entire season. I think.
FrysredjacketQuote Reply
Here we go! Be safe Perkins!
FrysredjacketQuote Reply
2
berseliusQuote Reply
Heyward in RF
berseliusQuote Reply
Come on, Chapman.
dmick89Quote Reply
Frysredjacket,
Yeah, I think there are probably better options.
dmick89Quote Reply
Throw strikes you asshole.
Rice CubeQuote Reply
Rizzo the RatQuote Reply
ONWARD PATIENT MOTHERFUCKERS
SKQuote Reply
Inverted M
berseliusQuote Reply
Yes yes yes yes!!!!
FrysredjacketQuote Reply
Wow.
dmick89Quote Reply
WORDS!!!!!!!!!!!!!
THEY MEAN THINGS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
ceruleanQuote Reply
http://obstructedview.net/cubs-5-dodgers-0-nlcs-game-6/
berseliusQuote Reply
That was a game I recently enjoyed
GWQuote Reply
I’m stoked. I’m also annoyed there won’t be baseball until Tuesday.
Rice CubeQuote Reply