OWS: Three+ up: Dexter Fowler finally had a good game this series, scoring both off a leadoff double and a meaningless late HR, the Cubs first of the series. Rizzo also had a good day at the plate, knocking in Fowler in the first and doubling to lead off the sixth as one of the Cubs roughly 891 runners stranded …
Cleveland 1, Cubs 0 (World Series Game Three)
OSS: That’s not quite what I expected. Three+ up: Jorge Soler had a good day at the plate, going 2-3 with a single and a Chisenhall/wind assisted triple as well as a great throw to third base to take out the soon to be lead runner on the lone Cleveland RBI. At least one move today turned out to be …
Cubs 5, Cleveland 1 (World Series Game 2)
OSS: Cubs cruise to victory, and Kyle Schwarber is going to bring down the house on Friday. Three+ up: Who else but Kyle Schwarber, he of four regular season PAs, would be the one to drive in multiple runs in this game? This is unreal and makes me even more excited for next year. The Cubs scored 808 runs in …
Indians 6, Cubs 0 (World Series Game 1)
OSS: Cubs shut down by Corey Kluber in the game they had the lowest odds in the series to win anyway. Three up: Ben Zobrist was the Cubs bright spot on the day, going 3-4 and leading off two failed Cubs rallies. He doubled off Kluber to lead off the second and had a leadoff single in the seventh that …
Series Preview: Chicago Cubs (103-58) vs Cleveland Indians (94-67)
Well, here we are. The World Series. I kind of still can’t believe it, despite the fact that the Cubs were the best team in baseball this year. Maybe even because of that, given how random the playoffs can be. Team Rankings Cleveland AL rankings: OBP: 4th SLG: 6th wRC+: 4th Defense: 1st BSR: 1st SP ERA: 2nd RP ERA: …
Cubs 5, Dodgers 0 (NLCS Game 6)
FTWS: Three+ up: Kyle Hendricks was absolutely amazing tonight, allowing just two hits and striking out six in 7.1 innings. There were just two baserunners in the first seven innings, a leadoff single on the first pitch of the game that got wiped out by a slick double play turned by Baez, and an error by Baez was wiped away …
Cubs 8, Dodgers 4 (NLCS Game 5)
OSS: Three+ up: Addison Russell provided the biggest hit of the game, a no-doubter two run shot in the sixth inning to put the Cubs up 3-1, driving in who else but Javier Baez. Russell also added a single in the ninth and hustled his way into a leadoff ROE as the Cubs tacked on five insurance runs in the …
Cubs 10, Dodgers 2 (NLCS Game 4)
OSS: Back in business. Three+ up: Anthony Rizzo and Addison Russell were the most prominently struggling players on the offense going into this game, but their bats woke up in a big way tonight. Russell took Julio Urias deep in the fourth for a two run shot, and Rizzo hit a solo shot in the fifth. Both were making good …
Dodgers 6, Cubs 0 (NLCS Game 3)
OSS: Well, that sucked. Three up: The Cubs meat grinder got going early, sending seven batters to the plate against a clearly out-of-sorts Rich Hill in the second inning. He was over 40 pitches by the end of it plus half a hundred pickoff throws on noted base purloiner Anthony Rizzo, and the Cubs felt on schedule to do some …
Dodgers 1, Cubs 0 (NLCS Game 2)
OSS: Cubs run into a buzz saw named Kershaw and Jansen. Three up Not a lot of positives for the Cubs today. Oddly enough the only position player with positive WPA was Anthony Rizzo, who drew a leadoff walk in the seventh. The Cubs made a lot of good contact that inning but couldn’t get a ball to drop in. …