Cubs 16, Pirates 6 / Cubs 47, Pirates 15

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OSS: Cubs offense obliterates the Pirates pitching staff, loses another key contributor.

Three up:

  1. The Cubs finally found a lineup that works for them, and scored nearly fifty runs in a weekend sweep of the Pirates. Kris Bryant was the big hero in this one, homering twice in the Cubs rout.
  2. Tony Kemp, of all people, had the biggest hit of the game by WPA. His third inning triple put the Cubs back in the lead, then scored on a bizarre appeal play when the Pirates pitcher threw a ball over the third baseman’s head. Pie Rats, lol.
  3. The Cardinals lost, and have to face Strasburg, Corbin, and Scherzer over the next three days.

Three down:

  1. The new look Cubs lineup came to a screeching halt, as the curse of the leadoff spot manifested in what looked like a painful ankle injury for Rizzo. X-rays taken after the game showed that it wasn’t broken, but that’s not the big worry. A MRI tomorrow will give the verdict on any ligament damage. Just when the Cubs were picking up some momentum, ugh.
  2. Q was not particularly sharp today, getting chased in the third after giving up five runs. At least the bullpen was pretty good today in relief. He hasn’t been sharp lately, and has given up four or more runs in four of his last five starts.
  3. That Rizzo injury gets a second bullet. Brutally bad luck for a team that didn’t need even more injuries.

Next up:

The Reds come to town for a three game series. The Cubs get Sonny Gray on Tuesday, but draw Kevin Gausman and Tyler Mahle, who have ERAs north of 5.00, for the other two games. Cole Hamels faces Gausman at 7:05 in game one.

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  1. Smokestack Lightning

    The Cardinals lost, and have to face but will somehow destroy Strasburg, Corbin, and Scherzer over the next three days.

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  2. BVS

    berselius:
    BVS,

    Nice, where in Belgium were you? Hard to top a country where Chimay is on tap everywhere.

    Maasmechelen, outside of Genk in Limburg by the National Park. Mostly drank Kompel beers and some duvels. I really liked the Kompel Underground, a dark. No IPAs in sight, so it was definitely an improvement over my local scene.

    LGA is at least attempting to improve. At JFK I got to walk thru T4 to connect to T1 outbound. Customs at T1 and then coonect through T2 on way home. My last intl flight thru JFK was 6 yr ago. I don’t think there has been an iota of change since then, at least in T1 and 2. Pretty sure the best terminals are 3 and 6.

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    berselius

    BVS,

    Nice! My usual work travel there is between Brussels and Waterloo, so I know the capital fairly well, but haven’t been around to as much of the country aside from Waterloo and Ghent, and just over the border to Aachen.

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    berselius

    BVS,

    The beard laws are relaxed a bit in NM, but in its place is an understanding that you have to try to add green chile to everything. There are green chile beers here and they are……not great.

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  5. andcounting

    Tragic number is stuck at 12 with 13 games to play. And if the Cubs sweep the Reds, they’ll either take the first wildcard spot or tie/ take the division lead.

    I think. My head hurts.

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  6. BVS

    berselius,

    Newark used to be a Continental hub, right? That’s how long it’s been since I’ve flown through there. Ft. Lauderdale is pretty awful, but they had construction going a few years ago. Maybe it is better.

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  7. BVS

    berselius,

    (dying laughing). I just got done with my annual trip to the urologist, he was also talking about golden colors and clarity.

    Also this…

    This beer has an unmistakable roasted chile aroma and flavor without being too hot. The whole chile is used to infuse the beer with a mild green chile flavor and leaves you with just a hint of heat on the back end.

    Which I read out the back end.

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  8. BVS

    berselius,

    Last I was there it was like JFK–you have to out through security to change terminals. So we did that, only to have the gate changes back to first terminal, so out and back again. But maybe the construction has fixed that issue.

    Or maybe the construction was simply to add another Checkers and expand the room that TSA uses to screen the naked body scanners they haven’t bothered to calibrate in 5 years. Hope your pre-check is up to date.

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    berselius

    BVS: Hope your pre-check is up to date.

    I’d been meaning to get pre-check for years, but it was always a PITA since the closest one for me was two hours away. Flying out of Orlando earlier this summer finally gave me the kick in the ass to do it.

    They used to have one in the terminal for DFW, too bad they closed it down a while back.

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  10. dmick89

    cerulean,

    I don’t expect him back either. I could see it if the Cubs somehow got lucky enough to get late into the LCS or reach the WS, but the odds of that happening are slim to none. Even if they did, I think the odds of Rizzo returning would probably only be 50/50 and it would be limited playing time.

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  11. Perkins

    Surprised that Zobrist is still using one of his ex’s songs as his walk-up music. In his situation, I’d probably opt for Slayer or Lamb of God.

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    berselius

    Perkins:
    Surprised that Zobrist is still using one of his ex’s songs as his walk-up music. In his situation, I’d probably opt for Slayer or Lamb of God.

    That reminds me – quick poll. My friend’s awful ex is taking their kids (aged 6 and 8) to an Iron Maiden concert this week. On scale of `WTF` (1) to `call CPS` (10), where would you rank this.

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  13. Wenningtons Gorilla Cock

    Perkins:
    berselius,

    That seems mostly a WTF move to me. But my only frame of reference for a metal show is Tool, and the crowd there was pretty mellow.

    I love Maiden, but they’re basically just classic rock at this point. I think 6 and 8 is way too young for Any Concert though.

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