Cubs 13, Braves 4

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OSS: The sleepers have awakened

Three up:

  1. The Cubs offense finally burst out of its shell today, and it was Willson Contreras who set the tone. He started the scoring with a solo shot in the first inning, and hit another shot in his next plate appearance.
  2. Kris Bryant also had a multi-homer day, and now has more home runs in 2021 than he had in all of 2020.
  3. The last of the Cubs six (!!) homers on the day were cranked by Javier Baez and David Bote. Overall the Cubs had 14 hits, including two doubles and a triple to make it a total of nine XBH.

Three down:

  1. Since I’ve been too lazy to do postgames, I’ll just put the previous six games here. Today’s score is bigger than the Cubs offense’s combined run total of all of them.
  2. Shelby Miller came out to pitch in garbage time and got lit up once again. That said it’s not all that often when you can give up three runs and not move the WPA needle at all (dying laughing).
  3. Joc Pederson drew a couple of walks and scored two runs, but he was the only starter in the lineup with an oh-fer on hits. He’s looked pretty lost when the bat comes off his shoulder. So much for rolling spring training into the regular season.

Next up:

The Cubs go for a series win tomorrow with Cyle on the mound. He’ll face Bryse Wilson on ESPN at 6:08 CT.

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    berselius

    https://blogs.fangraphs.com/carlos-rodon-and-craig-kimbrel-attained-perfection-in-their-own-ways/

    On Tuesday against the Brewers in Milwaukee, the Cubs’ Craig Kimbrel, whose return to dominance I highlighted in this space earlier in the week, retired the first three batters he faced during a four-out save. That streak ended when he issued a two-out walk to Luis Urías, but not before he completed a streak of 27 straight batters retired that stretched back to last September 12, in another outing against the Brewers in Milwaukee. Funny thing: the stretch began at Miller Park and ended at American Family Field — same venue, different naming rights.

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  9. Perkins

    I’m kind of glad I’m blacked out of the Mets series. There’s no mental pressure to watch this crappy team.

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    berselius

    The Cubs are 6-9 on 4/20

    (stolen from Bert’s twitter, since the twitter embed wouldn’t post for some reason)

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    berselius

    berselius,

    Oh, I’m mixing him up with Mejia, who was the first guy to get the permaban due to PED positives. Familia ‘only’ has a domestic violence suspension.

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    berselius

    Somehow my brain never connected that my favorite character in the arrowverse shares a name with one of the worst umpshows in baseball. 🤯

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