Cubs 10, Cardinals 2

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OSS: Cubs win in a laugher to eliminate the Cardinals from the NL Central title.

Three Four up:

  1. The Cubs snuffed out the Cardinals faint division title chances on their own turf, which is nice to see. At the time I write this the Rockies are losing, so it doesn't hurt that race quite so much aside from the fact that it's one less opportunity to pick up ground.
  2. Addison Muscle had the big hit of the day that got everything started, a three run double in the first inning. He also did a fan a solid after falling into his nachos, buying a replacement set.
  3. Kris Bryant had a big day, going 3-4 with a walk and a home run.
  4. Jon Lester looked….okay….or at least he had okay results. There were still plenty of hard hit balls off of him though.

Three Zero Down:

:chef kissing fingers emojis:

 

Next up: Jake takes on Carlos Martinez at 7:15 PM CT. The Reds face the Brewers in MIller Park at 6:40 PM CT, where Zach Davies takes on something called Deck McGuire, who sounds like he should be starting at slot reciever for the Patriots instead of starting for the Reds.

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  1. Perkins

    dmick89:
    I’d be okay if the Cubs built a 15-0 lead tonight by the fourth inning and then started drinking beer and eating fried chicken in the dugout.

    Lackey and Lester’d

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  2. Myles

    So, if I had to project a 25-man roster, I think it’d be something like:

    OF (4):
    Jon Jay
    Kyle Schwarber
    Albert Almora, Jr.
    Jason Heyward

    IF (6):
    Tommy La Stella
    Kris Bryant
    Javier Baez
    Addison Russell
    Anthony Rizzo
    Ben Zobrist

    UTIL (1):
    Ian Happ

    C (2):
    Willson Contreras
    Alex Avila

    SP (4):
    Kyle Hendricks
    Jake Arrieta
    Jon Lester
    Jose Quintana

    RP (8):
    Wade Davis
    Pedro Strop
    Hector Rondon
    Brian Duensing
    Carl Edwards, Jr.
    Justin Wilson
    Mike Montgomery
    John Lackey ?

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  3. Myles

    Rizzo the Rat:
    I’d be tempted to put Rivera on the roster for defense.

    I’m amenable to that as well, but operate under the assumption that Maddon will try to take 17 pitchers and will only “settle” for 12. I’d kick Rondon or Lackey off the roster for Rivera if it were me.

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  4. Perkins

    Kind of crazy to think that the Cubs were 2 games under .500 at the All Star break and now 20 games over. That was one hell of a hangover.

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  5. dmick89

    Myles,

    Good point. So I’m guessing Lackey replaces Rondon on your list and Joe goes with three catchers. He could also go with five infielders, which would leave La Stella off the roster.

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  6. dmick89

    I’d like to see how Wilson does this week. If he’s still walking every batter he faces, I don’t really want him on the playoff roster. If you can’t rely on him in some higher leverage situations, I’d rather have Rondon.

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  7. Myles

    dmick89:
    Myles,

    Good point. So I’m guessing Lackey replaces Rondon on your list and Joe goes with three catchers. He could also go with five infielders, which would leave La Stella off the roster.

    Certainly possible. For some reason, I seem to remember La Stella being a “lock” for the playoff roster, which is dumb if true and probably isn’t in any case.

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  8. Myles

    I like Wilson for the playoff roster with the expectation that his hook his super quick. As far as talent goes, he’s one of the very few fireman options we have. Of course, he could throw a can of gasoline on it at any time.

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  9. dmick89

    Myles,

    I like having La Stella for pinch hitting against a tough righty like Scherzer or Strasburg. You’ve got Almora for tougher lefties and defense, but it would be nice having La Stella. I’d rather have him than Rivera.

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  10. Rizzo the Rat

    I hope this doesn’t mean Addison hurt himself with that dive into the stands.

    Edit: According to Muskat, it’s a scheduled day off for Russell.

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    berselius

    Rizzo the Rat:
    I hope this doesn’t mean Addison hurt himself with that dive into the stands.

    Edit: According to Muskat, it’s a scheduled day off for Russell.

    Joe heeds the Kevin Millar rules.

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  12. dmick89

    Rizzo the Rat,

    Their offense was decent in Milwaukee. That’s not really what I was talking about. Obviously it isn’t literally all or nothing. It just seems like the Cubs will frequently score 8 or 9 runs per game for four or five games and then struggle to score a single run over the next few. The offense has been a lot more consistent since the break.

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  13. Myles

    dmick89:
    Rizzo the Rat,

    He’s not even the fourth best. Bryant has to be the third best and there’s Zobrist. There’s no reason Freeman should be starting tonight.

    I’d pay good money to see Bryant at shortstop. I bet with a year of practice he’d be slightly below average to average there.

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  14. cerulean

    Players I would rather see at short than Freeman:

    Kris Bryant
    Ben Zobrist
    Ian Happ
    Tommy La Stella
    Anthony Rizzo
    Jon Jay
    Kyle Schwarber
    Albert Almora, Jr.
    Jason Heyward
    Willson Contreras
    Alex Avila
    Kyle Hendricks
    Jake Arrieta
    Jon Lester
    Jose Quintana
    Wade Davis
    Pedro Strop
    Hector Rondon
    Brian Duensing
    Carl Edwards, Jr.
    Justin Wilson
    Mike Montgomery
    John Lackey

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  15. Rizzo the Rat

    I think that was the first time all year the Cubs failed to get a run after the bases are loaded with no outs. And it happened with Zobrist, Bryant and Rizzo hitting.

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  16. Rizzo the Rat

    I sort of get it, though. A significant part of Schwarber’s resurgence (numbers-wise) is that he’s mostly been a platoon player in the second half.

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  17. Berselius is too lazy to log in

    Just to be dumb question guy – why not extend the padding all the way to the ground?

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  18. Perkins

    That was a frustrating game. Between the Cubs’ inability to cash in and the inexplicable use of Felix Pena for multiple innings, that was a preventable loss.

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  19. Rizzo the Rat

    Honestly, I have no idea why Joe didn’t use Avila there. He’d have probably struck out, too, but I think he had a better chance than Javy.

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  20. Rizzo the Rat

    I hope Rizzo remembers how to do anything other than pop out our ground out. Maybe he needs to get in contact with Matt Szczur and see if he can borrow some of his bats.

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  21. mcalis2

    Joe’s obsession with Felix Pena continues. He’s been terrible all year (including the minors). There must be better ways to eat innings.

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  22. Perkins

    dmick89,

    I can’t tell…MLB.com says the Cubs hold the tiebreaker over the Brewers by virtue of having won the season series, but that may just be for home field advantage in a tiebreaker game. If they end up in a three way tie with the Rockies, the Cubs and Brewers would have to play a one game playoff to see which wins the division and the loser of that would go to the WC game against the Rockies.

    But even if the Cubs somehow lose the next two against STL, I remain optimistic they can take at least one game from the Reds.

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  23. Perkins

    To day’s base ball squadron:
    Jay
    Bryant
    Rizzo
    Zobrist (LF)
    Russell
    Baez
    Heyward
    Rivera
    Lackey

    Really would have preferred to see Avila in there instead of Rivera. I kind of get not going with Schwarber since Wacha is a reverse split guy who throws a lot of changeups.

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  24. Perkins

    Also after that HBP to Rizzo, I suddenly find it amusing that a couple of foul balls to the dome ended Molina’s season.

    The Cardinals are a bush league organization full of nitwits and assholes.

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  25. cerulean

    This is starting to feel like payback for that late-inning shellacking the Cards gave them a couple months ago. Four more runs please.

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  26. cerulean

    dmick89:
    The Cubs should send Pham a 2017 NL Central Champions t-shirt as an apology for accidentally hitting him with a pitch.

    Only if it includes Felix Peña.

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  27. SK

    Party on the mound should be a searing image branded in the brains of the Cardinals, who know that their approach is not working — and know that the Cubs clearly aren’t going away.

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  28. SK

    It is the first time an opposing team has ever clinched a division title at Busch Stadium III and the first time the Cubs have claimed any kind of title in St. Louis since 1938, the same year Superman debuted in comic books.

    “It freaking (stinks),” Wacha said. “You never want to see anybody celebrating on your own home field.”

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  29. SK

    They built their berth on the Cardinals.

    Tied in the standings the day they traded for Quintana, the Cubs have won 10 of their past 12 games against the Cardinals entering the season finale.

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