OSS: Cardiac Cubs come up with another late comeback. Three up Miguel Montero hit a grand slam to put the Cubs back ahead in the eighth, yet another huge hit in the late innings for this team. Montero might not have even made the roster, given that his back issues were flaring up again. Just unreal. We are good. Woow. …
Series Preview: Los Angeles Dodgers of Los Angels (91-71) vs Chicago Cubs (103-58)
The Dodgers squeaked past the Nats, using just about all their pitchers in the process. That’s pretty much been a theme for this team this year, as they used fifteen different starters and set a record for the most pitching changes in a season. Expect a lot of long games, especially if Pedro Baez makes multiple appearances. Corey Seager is …
Cubs 6, Giants 5 (NLDS Game 4)
OSS: Javy Baez. Three Seven up: What a game, and a series overall by Javier Baez. Today alone, he made a ludicrous defensive play at second that was overturned on replay, then made a JavyTag to nail the runner one play later. He scored the Cubs second run after hustling out a grounder led to a two-base throwing error. Oh, …
Cubs 5, Giants 6 (NLDS Game 3)
OSS: This one’s probably on Joe. Three or more up: It’s the kind of play that doesn’t show up on WPA, but the most important play of the game was Almora’s sensational catch in the ninth inning, robbing Buster Posey of what would have been a walk-off double with almost any other right fielder out there. As a bonus he …
Cubs 5, Giants 2 (NLDS Game 2)
OPS: Pitchers who rake. Three up: Cubs pitchers drove in the majority of the Cubs runs today. Hendricks hit a bases-loaded single in the second inning off Jeff Samardzija, who was sloppy all through his short outing. Travis Wood tacked on a solo home run in the fourth inning to give insurance that the Cubs didn’t end up needing, but …
Cubs 1, Giants 0 (NLDS Game 1)
OSS: The Cubs prevail in a nerve-wracking pitchers duel. Three up: The obvious highlight of the game was the lone run scored in the game, a bomb by Javy Baez that looked like it was ticketed for Waveland but was almost blown back onto the field before hitting the basket. I’d like to say that this was the result of …
Series Preview: San Francisco Giants (88-75) at Chicago Cubs (103-58)
Well, here we are at last. I’m still not sure which team I would rather the Cubs have faced – the Giants are the better team on paper but have been kind of a train wreck since the all-star break. Overall their offense was fourth in the NL by wRC+, and they hit 69 fewer homers than the Cubs this …
Cubs 3, Cardinals 1 (9.25.16)
OSS: Three up You couldn’t have scripted it any better for David Ross’s final regular season game at Wrigley. A huge ovation from the crowd in his first PA, and a bomb of a home run in his second. It was also a classy move by Maddon to pull Ross in the seventh to soak in the moment. Even …
Cardinals @ Cubs Game Thread
Time: 7:05 PM CT TV: ESPN Gameday LINEUPS (81-73) 2B Matt Carpenter RF Stephen Piscotty 3B Jhonny Peralta 1B Brandon Moss C Yadier Molina SS Jedd Gyorko CF Randal Grichuk LF Jose Martinez P Carlos Martinez (98-56) CF Dexter Fowler LF Kris Bryant 1B Anthony Rizzo 2B Ben Zobrist SS Addison Russell RF Jason Heyward 3B Javier Baez C David Ross P …
Series Preview: St. Louis Cardinals (80-72) at Chicago Cubs (97-55)
I was too lazy to look up my usual team leader stats, so I’ll look at the potential NL wild card clusterfork (thanks, KT!). The Cardinals are now a half game behind the Giants and Mets. Here’s the rest of their schedules Cardinals @Cubs (3 games) vs Reds (4 games) vs Pirates (3 games) Giants @ SD (3 games) vs …