OSS: Three run homers FTW. Three up 1. Miguel Montero is busting out of his slump with back to back three run homer games. He also added a walk and a single. Maybe this game is merging with the blowout in Detroit in my head, but I was surprised to see that the Cubs only scored six. 2. Speaking of …
Cubs 12, Tigers 3 (6/10/15)
OSS: Cubs round out a winning road trip with an offensive asplosion. Three up 1. The Cubs had runners on base every inning except the eighth, and while they struggled to get them in early on Chris Coghlan hit a no-doubter three run HR to break the game open in the third. 2. Montero put the game back out of …
Cubs 4, Nats 2 (6/6/15)
OSS: Jason Hammel is all out of gum. Three up 1. Another great outing for Hammel – he went eight innings, striking out seven, walking two, and giving up one run. He was pulled in the ninth after giving up another run on a Bryce Harper bomb and didn’t get the CG, but still a fantastic outing. 2. Rizzo and …
Cubs 2, Nats 1 (6/4/15)
OSS: David Ross bails out a shaky Hector Rondon in a poorly umpired game. Three up 1. David Ross ended the game on a pickoff throw to first base that probably should have been called safe. He threw out three baserunners on the day, though two of them could have been safe… Solid defense by Addison Russell and Anthony Rizzo …
Marlins 5, Cubs 2 (6/2/15)
OSS: Hendricks comes through in the biggest PA of the game, but the Marlins manage a big inning anyway. Three up 1. Junior Lake was the Cubs WPA leader on the day, hitting two doubles and looking pretty good at the plate in general. He’s a different hitter than the guy we saw last year. 2. Starlin Castro flashed the leather …
Cubs 5, Marlins 1 (6/1/15)
OSS: Jason Hammel cruises to a Cubs victory Three up 1. Hammel was fantastic today, striking out eleven batters with no walks in 6.2 innings. Extra kudos for working so deep into the game as all the bullpen members that Maddon actually likes to use pitched the day before. 2. Starlin Castro made an incredible catch to rob Dee Gordon …
Cubs 2, Royals 1 (5/31/15)
(Now with correct score!) OSS: The wind was the true winner of this game. Three up: 1. The wind was certainly helping all the pitchers today, but members of the Cubs pen not named Travis Wood came through today. Wood aside, they pitched 5 1/3 innings of shutout ball, allowing just one hit, two walks, and striking out seven. Grimm …
Royals 8, Cubs 3 (5/29/15)
OSS: The youngsters do their thing to keep the Cubs in the game, but they are sunk by a Cubes outbreak. Three up: 1. All four of the Cubs runs came from their big prospects. Kris Bryant got the scoring started with a double in the third that scored Addison Russell. 2. Jorge Soler hit a booming two run homer in the …
Nats 3, Cubs 0 (5/27/15)
OSS: Scherzer outduels Lester. Three up 1. It was a fantastic pitching matchup today, and both pitchers failed to disappoint. Jon Lester went seven innings, striking out ten Nats. He gave up a solo HR to Bryce Harper, along with an unearned run in the fourth. He was dealing early, but got a little frustrated with the home plate ump’s zone …
Cubs 3, Nats 2 (5/26/15)
OSS: Kris Bryant hit a homer that hasn’t landed yet, and Addison Russell completed the comeback. Three up 1. Kyle Hendricks had another great outing, going seven innings and keeping the Nats hitters off balance all game. It felt like the Cubs turned ten double plays behind him, his sinker was working so well on a day when the wind …