Time: 7:05 PM CT
TV: CSN
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(7-6)
Jonathan Villar, 2B
Eric Thames, RF
Ryan Braun, LF
Travis Shaw, 3B
Domingo Santana, RF
Keon Broxton, CF
Jett Bandy, C
Orlando Arcia, SS
Chase Anderson, P
Anderson ZiPS
128 IP
7.39 K/9
2.99 BB/9
4.66 ERA
4.61 FIP
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(6-6)
Kyle Schwarber, LF
Kris Bryant, 3B
Anthony Rizzo, 1B
Ben Zobrist, 2B
Addison Russell, SS
Jason Heyward, RF
Miguel Montero, C
John Lackey, P
Albert Almora, CF
Lackey ZiPS
163 IP
8.14 K/9
2.46 BB/9
3.54 ERA
3.78 FIP
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Will the Cubs win? No, but it could go either way.
538 Forecast: 65% chance of winning
Comments
I. Hate. Ryan. Braun.
Rizzo the RatQuote Reply
Beautiful bunt. (I like some bunts. To hell with the haters.)
Rizzo the RatQuote Reply
Schwarbunt!
PerkinsQuote Reply
Zobrist!
Rizzo the RatQuote Reply
Almora!!!!!!!!
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Almora!
PerkinsQuote Reply
Wind blowing out, or just bad pitching today?
Berselius is too lazy to loginQuote Reply
I heard the wind’s blowing in.
Rizzo the RatQuote Reply
Jesus Christ.
Rizzo the RatQuote Reply
Damn, I thought he hit that one out
Berselius is too lazy to loginQuote Reply
I would be pissed about this Eric Thames nonsense, but I can’t help but feel baseball is in the process of being very, very cruel to him.
Smokestack LightningQuote Reply
Damn it, Rizzo.
Rizzo the RatQuote Reply
Good grief. Welcome back, Cubes.
Smokestack LightningQuote Reply
TOOTBLAN 😐
Berselius is too lazy to loginQuote Reply
Strop is good.
Rizzo the RatQuote Reply
How is this guy not the Brewers closer. Holy shit.
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Berselius is too lazy to login,
That was the best stuff I’ve seen from a relief pitcher since Good Marmol.
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That Braun/Montgomery matchup was just asking for trouble.
Rizzo the RatQuote Reply
This is starting to look familiar.
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😐
Berselius is too lazy to loginQuote Reply
Who are these assholes and what happened to the Cubs?
PerkinsQuote Reply
Rizzo the RatQuote Reply
What’s the point of having an 8-man bullpen if you leave a mediocre lefty in to retire Ryan Braun?
Rizzo the RatQuote Reply
We stinks.
Smokestack LightningQuote Reply
This team is not fun to watch.
dmick89Quote Reply
Fout shitty games in a row. I blame Myles’ analysis.
ceruleanQuote Reply
Crap.
Rizzo the RatQuote Reply
It’s like they replaced “we never quit” with “we’ll make it just interesting enough for you to get really pissed off.”
Not quite as catchy.
PerkinsQuote Reply
Perkins,
Ain’t gonna fit on a ring.
dmick89Quote Reply
*Four
I can’t even be bothered to spell write.
ceruleanQuote Reply
Things I’m not worried about: the bullpen.
Things I am worried about: Joe’s bullpen management.
Rizzo the RatQuote Reply
The Cubs can start running away with the division any time now.
PerkinsQuote Reply
We’re doomed, we only have 5 months to make up two games with the Reds.
MylesQuote Reply
Myles,
Arroyo is pitching today…
Rizzo the RatQuote Reply
It took the 2016 Cubs 32 games to reach 7 losses.
It’s only taken 13 for these Cubs.
Conclusion: David Ross was worth 19 wins. Prove me wrong.
ceruleanQuote Reply
cerulean,
19 wins per 32 games played. That’s 96 WAR over a full season. That’s only about $818 million in value. I bet he comes back for half that.
dmick89Quote Reply
cerulean,
sorry but this logic is idiotic. it totally ignores the contributions of tim federowicz.
EnricoPallazzoQuote Reply
I’m going to stop making fun of the Cardinals. At least until the Cubs stop sucking.
dmick89Quote Reply
Starling Marte —–> 80 game suspension
dmick89Quote Reply
dmick89,
Any hope the Pirates had —–> gone
dmick89Quote Reply
What’s up with Contreras?
dmick89Quote Reply
To-day’s base ball squadron
Schwarber
Bryant
Rizzo
Zobrist
Heyward
Montero
Baez (ss)
Anderson
Jay
Berselius is too lazy to loginQuote Reply
Cubs lose.
Rizzo the RatQuote Reply
Still relevant.
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😐 .
Berselius is too lazy to loginQuote Reply
This is all happening because the bullpens got moved. Prove me wrong.
Wenningtons Gorilla CockQuote Reply
Best this offense can do now is tie. And that’s if the offense can get going.
dmick89Quote Reply
I don’t like this.
JKVQuote Reply
Braun with the swinging Schwarber bunt.
Rizzo the RatQuote Reply
Have I ever mentioned I’m not a Ryan Braun fan?
Rizzo the RatQuote Reply
What the hell, Jason?
Rizzo the RatQuote Reply
At least the Cubs forgot how to be good after they won a World Series.
PerkinsQuote Reply
Perkins,
They started to forget when the playoffs started. None of those series should have been as close as they were.
dmick89Quote Reply
dmick89,
Last postseason they had a .647 winning percentage against teams that were well above .500. I’d say they did pretty well.
Rizzo the RatQuote Reply
Zobrist got screwed.
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Zo should be allowed to call his own balls and strikes. He’s better than the umpires.
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dmick89,
True. I was at WS game 3 and couldn’t believe they were getting shutout by Josh Fucking Tomlin.
I expect them to pull out of this, but it’s really frustrating to see a stretch like this at the start of the season.
PerkinsQuote Reply
Oh good, the Duensing-Braun matchup I’ve been dying to see.
Rizzo the RatQuote Reply
Rizzo the Rat,
I don’t think winning percentage is the only way to judge performance.
I don’t think they had a bad postseason. Not sure you can have a bad one and still win it all, but I don’t think they played as well as they should have.
dmick89Quote Reply
Perkins,
Yeah, I assume they’ll still be a good team. They still are. It just sucks that the only baseball so far this season has seen the Cubs kind of suck. It would be a lot easier to stomach if it was like that terrible stretch they had last year around the break.
dmick89Quote Reply
Duensing should not pitch to RHP. Or LHP. Or at all. (dying laughing)
Berselius is too lazy to loginQuote Reply
Some nice breaks there for Baez and Almora.
PerkinsQuote Reply
Jay!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Rizzo the RatQuote Reply
Never doubted for a second!
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Cubs lead!
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Good to see Heyward hitting
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Bryant!
Rizzo the RatQuote Reply
Screw the closer, fellas.
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Rough day for Zobrist.
Rizzo the RatQuote Reply
Don’t tell me what to do
EnricoPallazzoQuote Reply
I guess pushing it up to a two run lead is just giving the closer a quick businesslike handjob.
Berselius is too lazy to loginQuote Reply
Inverted M
Berselius is too lazy to loginQuote Reply
Inverted M. That’s more like it.
PerkinsQuote Reply
I’d be OK if that was Duensing’s last appearance as a Cub.
dmick89Quote Reply
dmick89,
I’d also have been okay if Saturday had been Duensing’s last appearance as a Cub.
PerkinsQuote Reply
I have no problem with Duensing per se. He’s a lefty with large platoon splits. Lots of teams have them. They’re useful. If Joe would use him as a LOOGY, he should be fine.
Rizzo the RatQuote Reply
Perkins,
I’d have been okay with Deunsing disappearing before Saturday.
But it’s good to see them come back from such a deficit to take one from a team they should steal from all the time.
ceruleanQuote Reply
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mylesQuote Reply