Time: 6:00 PM CT
TV: FOX, FOX Sports Go, ESPN Radio
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Gameday
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(103-58, 0-1)
Dexter Fowler, CF
Kris Bryant, 3B
Anthony Rizzo, 1B
Ben Zobrist, LF
Kyle Schwarber, DH
Javier Baez, 2B
Willson Contreras, C
Jorge Soler, RF
Addison Russell, SS
Jake Arrieta, P
Arrieta Stats
197.1 IP
8.67 K/9
3.47 BB/9
3.10 ERA
3.52 FIP
3.68 xFIP |
(94-67, 1-0)
Carlos Santana, DH
Jason Kipnis, 2B
Francisco Lindor, SS
Mike Napoli, 1B
Jose Ramirez, 3B
Lonnie Chisenhall, RF
Coco Crisp, LF
Tyler Naquin, CF
Roberto Perez, C
Trevor Bauer, P
Bauer Stats
190 IP
7.96 K/9
3.32 BB/9
4.26 ERA
3.99 FIP
4.13 xFIP |
Will the Cubs win? No, but it could go either way.
538 Forecast: 54% chance of winning
Comments
Good Arrieta, please.
PerkinsQuote Reply
Kris Bryant wins the NL Hank Aaron award.
dmick89Quote Reply
A-Rod thinks the Cubs need to play more small-ball.
Rizzo the RatQuote Reply
Rizzo the Rat,
(dying laughing)
dmick89Quote Reply
Rizzo the Rat,
Counterpoint: six-run home runs
PerkinsQuote Reply
A win would be nice. Thanks.
dmick89Quote Reply
Rizzo!!!!!!!!!!
Rizzo the RatQuote Reply
Rizzo!!!
PerkinsQuote Reply
Fuck yeah!
WaLiQuote Reply
My 16 month old refused to take her Cubs dress odd for bed tonight. She cried “nooooo… go cubs go…” and pointed to the Cubs logo on her dress
Not going to argue with her. And my 3 yr old son stole my Cubs hat to bed (dying laughing)
WaLiQuote Reply
Hell of an AB by Zobrist there.
PerkinsQuote Reply
Cubs making the sausages today
berseliusQuote Reply
Damn. So close.
Rizzo the RatQuote Reply
Good Arrieta, please.
dmick89Quote Reply
Strikes, Jake
berseliusQuote Reply
WaLi,
So you’ve raised a thief and someone who doesn’t listen? Well done. (dying laughing)
dmick89Quote Reply
Goddamnit, Jake. More like the first two batters, please.
PerkinsQuote Reply
Cleveland killing us with two outs
berseliusQuote Reply
God damn it.
Rizzo the RatQuote Reply
Jesus Christ, Jake. Throw strikes.
dmick89Quote Reply
Jake’s looking pretty shaky tonight.
PerkinsQuote Reply
(Sigh of relief)
PerkinsQuote Reply
Perkins,
To be fair, two-out walks aren’t usually a big deal.
Rizzo the RatQuote Reply
It’s gonna be a loooong game
berseliusQuote Reply
Yeah Javy
berseliusQuote Reply
Javy making shit happen
JoshQuote Reply
dmick89,
(dying laughing) pretty much. At least they love the Grateful Dead though. http://youtu.be/OT0RQb6Px_4
WaLiQuote Reply
Kluber, all other CLE starters —-> three days rest from game four onward
berseliusQuote Reply
Love too see Soler hitting in 40 degree weather
berseliusQuote Reply
Come on, Addy.
Rizzo the RatQuote Reply
Cubs doing a good job on Bauer, but gotta cash in at some point here
berseliusQuote Reply
That’s what’s important.
dmick89Quote Reply
My dad just compared Arrieta to Marmol, so I’ll just pretend he meant 08-09 Marmol (dying laughing)
berseliusQuote Reply
nice quick inning for Jay
berseliusQuote Reply
Bauer must have remembered that he has a pod race to get to or something
berseliusQuote Reply
berselius,
(dying laughing)
WaLiQuote Reply
Would sure be great if the Cubs plated another run or five here
berseliusQuote Reply
Schwarber!!!!!
Rizzo the RatQuote Reply
Schwarber!!!!
PerkinsQuote Reply
Schwarber!!!!
WaLiQuote Reply
WAR BEAR!
berseliusQuote Reply
SCHARBER!!
SKQuote Reply
Kyle Joseph Schwarber
JonKneeVQuote Reply
Ugly AB by Baez.
Rizzo the RatQuote Reply
I felt the breeze from that Baez whiff from here
berseliusQuote Reply
Rizzo the Rat,
He has to know that on 0-2 that he, Javy Baez, is going to get something in the dirt.
SKQuote Reply
Schwarber will never have to report to spring training again. Unrea.
dmick89Quote Reply
That was how Baez struck out 40% of the time
mylesQuote Reply
Don’t walk this guy, Jake.
Rizzo the RatQuote Reply
Strikes, please.
dmick89Quote Reply
dmick89,
Or the regular season (dying laughing)
WaLiQuote Reply
Feels like Bauer has gone to a full count in every PA
berseliusQuote Reply
berselius,
So has Jake.
Rizzo the RatQuote Reply
Dang, Soler really worked that PA. Tough result
berseliusQuote Reply
ouch
GWQuote Reply
Soler runs like an old catcher.
dmick89Quote Reply
It’s nice that Soler has to take 6 balls to walk.
JonKneeVQuote Reply
It would be nice if Fowler got hot.
dmick89Quote Reply
berseliusQuote Reply
Did schwarber say “you can suck my dick” and point to his crotch after that rbi single? Is it just me that heard that?
FonteYESQuote Reply
Arrieta starting to look good.
PerkinsQuote Reply
Nice to see Contreras run out to the mound there.
dmick89Quote Reply
STRIKES
dmick89Quote Reply
Ever since that post season start at Wrigley against the Cards I’ve been nervous watching Jay Carrieta pitch.
Good Jake can turn into bad Jake real fast.
FonteYESQuote Reply
Home runs, Kris
berseliusQuote Reply
At least Zobrist’s bat is heating up
berseliusQuote Reply
Hell of a PA there by Rizzo.
PerkinsQuote Reply
Cubs rocking the ten pitch at bats today
berseliusQuote Reply
Zobrist!!!!!!!!!!!
Rizzo the RatQuote Reply
ZOBRIZZO!!!
WaLiQuote Reply
Correct.
PerkinsQuote Reply
*coughs*
berseliusQuote Reply
Zobrist!!!
dmick89Quote Reply
(dying laughing) @ Chisenhall
berseliusQuote Reply
thanks, Lonnie
GWQuote Reply
Have a nice trip Lonnie, see ya next fall.
FonteYESQuote Reply
They bring in a righty to face Schwarber?
Rizzo the RatQuote Reply
Schwarber!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Rizzo the RatQuote Reply
WAR BEAR!!
berseliusQuote Reply
Schwarber!!!
dmick89Quote Reply
Trying to avoid Maddon’s counter move of pinch hitting David Ross, obviously. Best chance of a hit or a walk.
GWQuote Reply
Baez feels unwanted now.
SKQuote Reply
Nice hustle!
Rizzo the RatQuote Reply
Bases clogged
berseliusQuote Reply
finish them, please
GWQuote Reply
These Cubs are more fun to watch than the ones from last night. More of these guys.
PerkinsQuote Reply
Cleveland mayhaps does not rock.
FonteYESQuote Reply
RBI walk!
Rizzo the RatQuote Reply
Addy!!!
dmick89Quote Reply
Come on, Dexter.
dmick89Quote Reply
That’s my second favorite way to see Schwarber crossing the plate
berseliusQuote Reply
Bust this game open.
Please.
Geez, Dex looks a bit lost up there.
FonteYESQuote Reply
Rough day for Fowler.
Rizzo the RatQuote Reply
berselius,
Same thought I had.
dmick89Quote Reply
Arrieta is giving me Kerry Wood vibes here. Wildly effective, but scary still
FonteYESQuote Reply
Jake doing the thing again
berseliusQuote Reply
Schwarber looks fucking awesome up there.
PerkinsQuote Reply
Can’t wait to see a full season of these guys 2-6
berseliusQuote Reply
Perkins,
It’s fucking hilarious how a guy who only had 4 AB (?) all year is the biggest story on a team that hasn’t been to the WS since 1945 (dying laughing)
WaLiQuote Reply
Serious question: do you risk playing Schwarber in LF in Chicago? Can Rizzo play LF to allow Schwarber to shift to 1B?
PerkinsQuote Reply
Salazar really slithering up there
GWQuote Reply
No
berseliusQuote Reply
If Schwarber was healthy this year I wonder how many records this offense would have set
berseliusQuote Reply
Perkins,
No way. Pinch hitter will be good enough.
dmick89Quote Reply
berselius,
All of the non-small ball ones.
dmick89Quote Reply
2 or 288
GWQuote Reply
I figured. And having had a torn ACL, I totally get it.
It’s just fucking rad seeing him at the plate.
PerkinsQuote Reply
Cubs have seen 152 pitches through 6. On pace for 228.
JonKneeVQuote Reply
Perkins,
Whether you can play Schwarb in the field or not, you don’t play two guys in positions they’ve never played before in the WS.
As for KS in LF, he could take it easy out there just the same as he is on the bases. It could be costlier though.
SKQuote Reply
Will Jake be the first pitcher in World Series history to be pulled while pitching a no-hitter?
Rizzo the RatQuote Reply
They’re going to have to put out extra netting for game three, the applause for Schwarber’s intro is going to bring the house down
berseliusQuote Reply
Rizzo the Rat,
Nope.
Rizzo the RatQuote Reply
No
GWQuote Reply
No.
PerkinsQuote Reply
That’s a nope
berseliusQuote Reply
Schwarber could probably bunt one over the fence (dying laughing)
berseliusQuote Reply
It’s funny that Smoltz and Buck actually thought there was a possibility that Jake would finish this game.
dmick89Quote Reply
Sorry for jinxing the no-hit bid there.
Rizzo the RatQuote Reply
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berseliusQuote Reply
It wouldn’t be 2016 Jake without a wild pitch.
Rizzo the RatQuote Reply
Get Jake out of there.
Rizzo the RatQuote Reply
Bullpen, please.
dmick89Quote Reply
Done
Rich HardenQuote Reply
Holy shit, Skip Bayless’s show goes 2 and a half hours? Why would anyone want to watch that once, let alone daily?
PerkinsQuote Reply
Based on the ratings, the viewing public agrees
berseliusQuote Reply
Most. Patient. Team. Ever.
Rizzo the RatQuote Reply
Heyward has the worst luck sometimes.
Rizzo the RatQuote Reply
Good contact by Heyward
berseliusQuote Reply
Bases clogged again
berseliusQuote Reply
this game is gonna be five hours
SKQuote Reply
Perkins,
It looks like the worst show ever.
dmick89Quote Reply
Damn it.
Rizzo the RatQuote Reply
This game feels like it should be 10-1.
dmick89Quote Reply
WaLiQuote Reply
WaLi,
Steal Your Baez?
SKQuote Reply
SK,
It says Steal your base, but that is so much better!
WaLiQuote Reply
Switched to radio, sounds like Monty is dealing
berseliusQuote Reply
Throw strikes.
Rizzo the RatQuote Reply
Walking the number nine hitter with a four-run lead late in the game… ugh.
Rizzo the RatQuote Reply
Spoke too soon
berseliusQuote Reply
Let’s screw the closer some more, please.
Rizzo the RatQuote Reply
That half inning is exhibit A on where Contreras could use improvement handling pitchers.
JonKneeVQuote Reply
Schwarber’s strike 3 was outside.
PerkinsQuote Reply
If Schwarber is the World Series MVP, that would be swell.
Rizzo the RatQuote Reply
Why have righties in the pen? No way should Monty have faced Napoli.
dmick89Quote Reply
Rizzo the Rat,
I don’t care who it is as long as it’s a Cubs player.
dmick89Quote Reply
3.
PerkinsQuote Reply
fuck yeah! 5 game series with cubs having home field adv
WaLiQuote Reply
A Cubs World Series win. Fun.
dmick89Quote Reply
Game recap:
Rizzo the RatQuote Reply
10-way tie for co-MVP
Rice CubeQuote Reply
That was an ugly-ass World Series win that I recently enjoyed.
Smokestack LightningQuote Reply
Smokestack Lightning,
Yeah, Jake’s line looks pretty good, but I didn’t think he threw the ball all that well. Great job by Montgomery. That’s looking like quite the pickup. The offense was really good, but they couldn’t score all that many runs despite having about 38 baserunners.
dmick89Quote Reply
dmick89,
Smokestack LightningQuote Reply
I don’t know. That would require the Cubs win the World Series. My identity is too invested in this team not being anything like the NY Yankees.
Dodgers in 5.
ceruleanQuote Reply
dmick89,
Good enough for tonite. This ain’t fishin’ you don’t throw ’em back.
mobile daveQuote Reply
This was a game I did not recently enjoy watching. The previous game was also a game I did not recently enjoy watching.
I did not watch the game today. I saw every damn frustrating pitch from Game 1.
ceruleanQuote Reply
Belated inverted M
berseliusQuote Reply
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berseliusQuote Reply